asthma Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 14:20:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Clearing the Air – Climate Change Mitigation https://www.greenoptimistic.com/clearing-air-climate-change-mitigation-20140430/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/clearing-air-climate-change-mitigation-20140430/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2014 14:20:15 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=47264 According to the Fifth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, mitigating climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions has several side effects, one of which is improving air quality. For decades, under the Clean Air Act in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been working hard to reduce emissions. For a […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/clearing-air-climate-change-mitigation-20140430/feed/ 1 47264 Air Pollution Cost $1.3 Billion in New York https://www.greenoptimistic.com/air-pollution-cost-1-3-billion-new-york-20140407/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/air-pollution-cost-1-3-billion-new-york-20140407/#respond Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:38:16 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=46866 Every addiction has its side effects, some of them deadly. In the case of our worldwide fossil-fuel addiction, the side effects are numerous, including carbon dioxide emissions and air pollution. Air pollution, in turn, leads to other problems, such as smog. Now, smog may seem, at least to those who haven’t experienced it, a cosmetic […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/air-pollution-cost-1-3-billion-new-york-20140407/feed/ 0 46866 Researchers Look for Clues to Rising Child Asthma Rates in Urban Areas https://www.greenoptimistic.com/researchers-look-for-clues-to-rising-child-asthma-rates-in-urban-areas-20130207/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/researchers-look-for-clues-to-rising-child-asthma-rates-in-urban-areas-20130207/#respond Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:08:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=32775 The rates of asthma in children in urban areas are growing. A study by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health have determined that early exposure to certain components of air pollution increase the risk of developing a cockroach allergy by age 7. The study was published in the February edition of the […]

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