Latest News about Air Pollution and Its Effects

Hawaii health department cites 3 companies (Pacific Business News)
Monday June 09th 2008, 5:02 pm

Three Hawaii companies have been cited by the Hawaii Department of Health's clean air branch for violating their air pollution permits. [News Source]

Air Quality Action Day Forecast for Susquehanna Valley, Philadelphia Regions (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Monday June 09th 2008, 4:07 pm

Residents, Businesses Encouraged to Reduce Air Pollution [News Source]

Health Buzz: Celebrex, Naproxen, and Other Health News (US News & World Report)
Monday June 09th 2008, 1:27 pm

Heart disease, autism, and the dangers of air pollution [News Source]

Particulate Air Pollution Damages Veins, Too (US News & World Report)
Monday June 09th 2008, 1:26 pm

It's tough to avoid breathing polluted air, but there are some ways to reduce exposure. [News Source]

How coal got a dirty name (Environmental News Network)
Monday June 09th 2008, 9:45 am

When developers raised the idea of building a new coal-fired power plant in Will County five years ago, the Midwest was leading a resurgence of interest in the dirty-but-plentiful fossil fuel. But growing concerns about global warming, lingering problems with noxious air pollution and skyrocketing construction costs are slowing the nation's coal rush to a crawl. [News Source]

Air quality goes down (Visalia Times-Delta / Tulare Advance-Register)
Monday June 09th 2008, 9:24 am

Today air quality in Tulare County is expected to be unhealthy levels for sensitive groups with an Air Quality Index of 114, according to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. [News Source]

Air pollution complaints down (Hamilton Spectator)
Monday June 09th 2008, 4:39 am

The Environment Ministry and Environment Hamilton report fewer complaints about air pollution from ArcelorMittal Dofasco's plant since the company took steps to reduce uncontrolled emissions from its two big furnaces, the blast furnace that produces molten iron and the basic oxygen steelmaking furnace in the KOBM melt shop. [News Source]

Chesterton coach Tom Peller ready for All-Star showcase (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Monday June 09th 2008, 2:33 am

Tom Peller is as Region as air pollution and rusty automobiles. He's spent most of his life up here where the winters are frigid, the summers are nuclear and no election is over until someone is complaining about something on CNN. [News Source]

Chesterton coach Tom Peller ready for All-Star showcase (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Monday June 09th 2008, 1:33 am

Tom Peller is as Region as air pollution and rusty automobiles. He's spent most of his life up here where the winters are frigid, the summers are nuclear and no election is over until someone is complaining about something on CNN. [News Source]