Cancer risk is higher in local area because of air pollution (Fontana Herald News) Fontana received an unwelcome distinction last week when a landmark study was released by the region's clean air agency. Fontana had the highest level of cancer risk due to air pollution out of the 10 sites sampled in Southern California by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD). [News Source]

Pollution settlement fetches $85,000 camera for DEQ (Billings Gazette) HELENA - Settlement of an air-pollution case in western Montana has landed the state environmental agency an $85,000 camera that uses thermal infrared technology to detect gas leaks. [News Source]

Pollution settlement fetches $85,000 camera for DEQ (Billings Gazette) HELENA - Settlement of an air-pollution case in western Montana has landed the state environmental agency an $85,000 camera that uses thermal infrared technology to detect gas leaks. The Montana Department of Environment of Quality last week took ... [News Source]

Sevier coal plant gets final state approval (The Salt Lake Tribune) Posted: 3:02 PM- The state Air Quality Board on Wednesday formally upheld the air-pollution permit for a new coal-fired power plant in the central Utah community of Sigurd. [News Source]

Chullahs can be as fatal as smoking: study (Express India) Studies being conducted in India and China have shown that indoor air pollution can be as fatal as smoking. [News Source]

Chullahs can be as fatal as smoking: study (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) Studies being conducted in India and China have shown that indoor air pollution can be as fatal as smoking. After studies at a Yerawada slum showed that use of kerosene and other fuels coupled with poor ventilation had led to a high number of slum dwellers being infected with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a high profile team from the Imperial College of London will be visiting ... [News Source]

Air pollution near dangerous level, PCD says (The Nation) Air pollution in Bangkok and nearby areas has reached a dangerous level, Pollution Control Department.... [News Source]

Pollution alert declared in Sarajevo after days of heavy fog (EARTHtimes.org) Sarajevo - The first of three levels of alert on dangerous air pollution was declared in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, the Ministry of Environmental Planning of Sarajevo Canton confirmed Wednesday. The alert was declared after the city has been immer... [News Source]

Los Angelenos’ Cancer Risk From Air Pollution Down 15% (Environment News Service) DIAMOND BAR, California , January 8, 2008 (ENS) - A scientific study by regional air regulators in Southern California shows that, although overall cancer risk from air pollution has declined 15 percent in the past seven years, air quality in the Los Angeles Basin remains among the worst in the nation. [News Source]