Almost 4,000 Air Pollution Projects Underway (RedNova) By Blankinship, Steve Utilities worldwide have initiated more than 3,800 air pollution control projects slated for completion within the next eight years. [News Source]

Toxic tally alarms family. Ada Dowler-Cohen, age 10, wasn't shocked when she saw the list of contaminants in her body: 18 carcinogens, 14 chemicals that disrupt hormones, 19 that affect reproduction and development and 9 toxic to the nervous system. Rather, she was angry. [News Source]

Does cleaner air make hurricanes worse? In a study to be published soon, an MIT climatologist will make a bold claim: The cycling of hurricane activity from high to low is caused by the rise and fall of pollution released by humans. [News Source]

Rocky Mtn. Park suffers nitrogen glut. Nitrogen pollution in Rocky Mountain National Park is 15 to 20 times higher than background levels and is causing "unnatural effects," park officials say. [News Source]

Cerebrovascular problems linked to air pollution: study. Air pollution may contribute to cerebrovascular problems such as strokes, according to a recent published study. [News Source]

Future generations will take the heat. More of us will be gasping — and dying before our time — because of the air we will breathe in the years to come, scientists predict. [News Source]

China beats Canada on Kyoto, Strong says. Renowned environmentalist and businessman Maurice Strong, considered by many as the lead architect of the Kyoto Protocol, says Canadians are misguided if they believe their country is more progressive than China in tackling pollution and global climate change. [News Source]

US government sees “smooth transition” to cleaner diesel. US oil refiners and fuel importers should not have problems meeting new federal clean air rules that kicked in on Thursday requiring a much lower sulfur content in diesel fuel, the Environmental Protection Agency said. [News Source]

Health alert as bing banished. Health warnings have been issued to thousands of people as a massive operation begins to clean up one of the UK's most polluted sites. [News Source]

Air pollution becomes eyesore for country’s most populous city. Air pollution is becoming an eyesore in HCM City, known as Vietnam's largest city, so much so that it is beginning to manifest itself as public health problems afflicting the most susceptible - children and poor residents. [News Source]

Teenager diagnosed with blood disorder often caused by environmental poisoning. Patty Donovan was stunned when her daughter Mary was recently diagnosed with a blood disorder that is often caused by environmental poisoning. [News Source]