Cancer risk reduced in S California (People’s Daily) Residents in Southern California are less likely to develop cancer from air pollution than they were almost a decade ago, according to a report released on Friday. The risk of developing cancer from air pollution is 15 percent lower ... [News Source]

Examiner.com Related Articles: (The San Francisco Examiner) Diesel exhaust alone accounts for 84 percent of the region's cancer risk, the study said. William Burke , chairman of the air district board, said progress was being made in reducing toxic air pollution. [News Source]

Calf. study finds decline in cancer risk (AP via Yahoo! News) A study released Friday found the cancer risk from air pollution in Southern California is down 15 percent, but the good news was tempered by the reality that the region still has some of the dirtiest air in the country. [News Source]

Agency to evalute air pollution permit application in Ely on Wednesday (News 4 Reno) The state Division of Environmental Protection has scheduled a hearing Wednesday in Ely on its technical evaluation of a permit sought by Sierra Pacific Resources for a proposed coal-fired power plant in eastern Nevada. [News Source]

Calf. study finds decline in cancer risk (AP via Yahoo! News) A study released Friday found the cancer risk from air pollution in Southern California is down 15 percent, but the good news was tempered by the reality that the region still has some of the dirtiest air in the country. [News Source]

Examiner.com Related Articles: (The San Francisco Examiner) Diesel exhaust alone accounts for 84 percent of the region's cancer risk, the study said. William Burke , chairman of the air district board, said progress was being made in reducing toxic air pollution. [News Source]

Cancer risk from toxic air drops by 17% in SoCal (Los Angeles Times) An AQMD report cautions that even with the decline over the last 7 years, many areas still have dangerously high levels of pollution. Diesel exhaust is the largest problem, the study says. Cancer risk from Southern California's air pollution has declined by 17% over the last seven years, but remains dangerously high across the region, particularly near the ports, along truck-laden freeways, ... [News Source]

Breathe Easy Angelenos! Air Quality Is Improving (CBS 2 Los Angeles) Southland residents are less likely to develop cancer from air pollution than they were almost a decade ago, according to a report released Friday by the South Coast Air Quality Management District. But while the risk of developing cancer from air pollution is 15 percent lower than it was in 1998-1999, Southland residents still face one of the highest risks in the country, according to the air ... [News Source]

Study finds cancer risk from SoCal air pollution still high (KSBY San Luis Obispo) Associated Press - January 4, 2008 1:24 PM ET DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (AP) - A new study on air pollution has found that Southern California remains among the riskiest places in the country to live... [News Source]

Carbon dioxide linked to deaths (Moldova.org) A U.S. researcher has linked increased mortality to higher levels of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere.Using a computer model of the atmosphere that incorporates physical and chemical environmental processes, Stanford University Professor Mark Jacobson found that for each increase of one degree Celsius caused by carbon dioxide, the resulting air pollution would lead to about a thousand ... [News Source]

Study: High Cancer Risk From SoCal Air Pollution (KTLA-TV Los Angeles) A new study on air pollution has found that Southern California remains among the riskiest places in the country to live when it comes to cancer rates. [News Source]