Report Details Air Pollution Woes
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CHICAGO _ Even as cities and states show progress in ridding the skies of smog, the federal government declared Thursday that much of the nation's air is too dirty to breathe safely.  New rules proposed by the U.S.
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Cincinnati didn&#39;t fare well in a new study that looks at the effect of ground-level ozone on the death rate. The study, published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, suggests that
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Increases in air pollution caused by  cars, power plants and industry can be directly linked to  higher death rates in U.S. cities, a study said on Tuesday.
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With a little help from good weather, air in the Los Angeles was the cleanest on record this year, regulators said Thursday. Still, the region&#39;s air quality remained the worst
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In its Water Indicator Report, the agency says the pollution of groundwater supplies has worsened in many areas over the past 12 months, reversing the trends reported in recent years.  However, there has been a slight improvement in the pollution levels in some rivers.
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About 60 percent of Chinese cities still suffer from air pollution and have no centralized sewage treatment facilities, according to a report by the State environment watchdog.
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A list of the world's 10 most polluted towns and cities is published by a US-based environmental group.
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The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce today that current federal standards for limiting harmful ozone air pollution do not adequately protect the public and need to be strengthened.
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In the first long-term study of the effects of air pollution on children, researchers reported Wednesday that children and teenagers in Southern California communities
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Scientists looking into air quality and climate change have found pollutants from as far as Asia over New England and the Atlantic.
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Just over a year before it plays host to the Olympics, Beijing reported its worst air pollution for June in seven years, state media said Sunday.
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An MPs' report calls for taxes on air travel and high polluting cars to be increased to cut CO2 emissions.
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National data released by the US Environmental Protection Agency today reveals that several Southern California metropolitan areas have seen a sharp decrease in the amount of fine particle pollution contributing to local air quality problems over the past
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According to a study in Thursday&#39;s New England Journal of Medicine, air pollution not only causes long-term health problems, but might also trigger heart attacks.
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Lingering respiratory difficulties plague nearly half of the rescue workers screened in an analysis of breathing problems after the Twin Towers&#39; collapse, according to a government report released yesterday.
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World's worst-polluted areas span seven countries and affect the health of roughly 12 million people, says environmental group.
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After reviewing more than a decade of air quality reports and medical records, a team of scientists says it has linked ozone to premature death.