Quite a claim considering that the researchers have no idea how much PM2.5 any subject was exposed to and no medical evidence anyone was killed by PM2.5. Also of note, the EPA-funded University of Rochester tested PM<sub<2.5 on heart attack victims circa 2007-2008. Continue reading Study: Exposure to air pollution is associated with increased deaths after heart attacks
Category: Air Quality
EPA releases new risk assessment for ozone
OMG…1,200 pages. Continue reading EPA releases new risk assessment for ozone
The Guardian: Beijing pollution causes a ‘cough’
900+ micrograms/m3 of PM2.5 and that’s all? Where are the deaths? Show us a body! Continue reading The Guardian: Beijing pollution causes a ‘cough’
New Jersey Sen. Lautenberg Won’t Seek Re-Election
Only two more years of him using his Senate seat to blame his sister’s asthma death on air pollution. Continue reading New Jersey Sen. Lautenberg Won’t Seek Re-Election
NYTimes: The Air That Kills in India
“In 2010, outdoor air pollution contributed to over 620,000 premature deaths in India, up from 100,000 in 2000.” Please show us a body. Continue reading NYTimes: The Air That Kills in India
Xcel Energy denies causing park air pollution
“Numerous other industrial and electric generating facilities with air emissions are located between the two parks and Sherco and are much close to the parks.” Continue reading Xcel Energy denies causing park air pollution
WashTimes: Judge nixes case against EPA human experiments
By Steve Milloy
February 13, 2013, Washington Times
It’s a good thing the U.S Public Health Service called off the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiments in 1972. Had someone sued to stop the horror, a federal judge like the Anthony Trenga might have stopped the suit — not the experiments. Continue reading WashTimes: Judge nixes case against EPA human experiments
Polluted Beijing cuts down on Lunar New Year fireworks
Viv Forbes: Foggy Thinking on Smog
Coal gets blamed for all the bad things, even the Asian Smog. What causes this smog? Continue reading Viv Forbes: Foggy Thinking on Smog
WashExam: Senators — ‘EPA talking out of both sides of their mouth’ about illegal human experiments
“Sen. David Vitter, R-La., ranking Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and fellow committee member Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., accused the Environmental Protection Agency of ‘talking out of both sides of their mouth’ regarding new agency rules that would tighten standards for fine particulate matter – after EPA deliberately exposed 41 people to high concentrations of the pollutant.” Continue reading WashExam: Senators — ‘EPA talking out of both sides of their mouth’ about illegal human experiments
New Japan-China Air Tensions: Smog
The Chinese are actually blaming the Japan for high PM2.5 levels.
“Now comes a new spat, with Japanese officials and media suggesting China’s latest air-pollution crisis may be spreading across the East China Sea into Japan… The Japanese reports drew some harsh response from China. One critic was quoted as saying: ‘After the earthquake, Japan switched from nuclear power to coal fired power, and has been incinerating their waste. This has greatly affected China’s environment, so one cannot criticize only China. The pollution needs to be reduced, but we cannot ignore climate change and neighboring countries’.”
Read more at the Wall Street Journal (subscription may be required).
Christiane Amanpour: Air Pollution Causes More than 6 Million Deaths Worldwide
Show us a body… just one, please! Continue reading Christiane Amanpour: Air Pollution Causes More than 6 Million Deaths Worldwide