Project aims to reduce poultry house smell.

The naturally occurring moisture in chicken waste is what causes it to produce ammonia and that stench that neighbors of poultry farms know well.

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Sensors to combat air pollution (PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Pedestrians with pocket-size sensors are to take part in a £4.1 million anti-pollution project, it has been announced. [News Source]

Tests find no toxins in Hamilton wells. Though the former Mercer Rubber Plant allegedly dumped cancer-causing agents into nearby waterways for more than 100 years, testing thus far shows the drinking water in the area is not contaminated. [News Source]

Outdoor boiler dispute heats up. One family's option to rising energy prices has turned into health concerns for the entire neighborhood, while city health and fire officials look to state Housing Court for a solution. [News Source]

Jacksonville worried about bus depot plan. Residents and businesses of this community that relies on well water are concerned about the potential of further contamination of the groundwater. [News Source]

Bush unpopular despite his green moves. He's set up the world's largest protected marine reserve and raised air pollution standards, but United States President George Bush still draws environmentalists' ire for his stance on global warming. [News Source]

EPA wants incinerator to apply for permit. The U.S. EPA is demanding that the operators of a hazardous waste incinerator comply with federal requirements after operating for years without a permit. [News Source]

Time for another toxic odyssey? All throughout India, pollution levels peak during the festival season each year, which is just around the corner. [News Source]

Heavy rain clears haze in Indonesia, not Malaysia. Heavy rains brought relief to some areas of Indonesia shrouded in smoke by land-clearing fires, but smog sent air quality to unhealthy levels in Malaysia. [News Source]

Indonesian embassy hit by protest as respiratory illnesses in Malaysian state spike. Members of a Malaysian opposition party protested outside the Indonesian embassy in Malaysia's main city on Tuesday, urging Jakarta to stop the hundreds of fires blamed for a lingering, stifling haze. [News Source]

Indonesia says it’s winning battle against haze-producing forest fires. Indonesia said it was winning the battle against fires that shrouded skies in neighboring Malaysia, where demonstrators gathered Tuesday to protest a sharp increase in respiratory ailments. [News Source]