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A recent study conducted at Harvard University shows that buildings with better air quality significantly improves people’s productivity. Green office environments linked with higher cognitive function scores For immediate release: October 26, 2015 Boston, MA – People who work in well-ventilated offices with below-average levels of indoor pollutants and carbon dioxide (CO2) have significantly higher cognitive functioning scores—in crucial areas such as responding to a crisis or developing strategy—than those who work in offices with typical levels, according to a new study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Center for Health and the Global Environment, SUNY Upstate Medical University,...
"Children living in areas with high level of air pollution have an increased risk of disease such as asthma and bronchitis, and the prospect of a permanent reduction in lung capacity" Air pollution stunting children's lungs, study finds A six-year study finds children living in highly polluted parts of cities have up to 10 per cent less lung capacity than normal, with warnings the damage could be permanent By Laura Donnelly, Health Editor 11:00AM GMT 25 Oct 2015 High levels of air pollution are stunting the growth of children’s lungs, a major study has found. Eight and nine-year-olds living in...
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Plastic track removed at local kindergarten after students developed allergic symptoms
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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) appear in everywhere near us. Children are especially vulnerable and easily affected by the VOCs. Plastic track removed at local kindergarten after students developed allergic symptoms By Yang Meiping | October 21, 2015, Wednesday | ONLINE EDITION THE newly laid plastic track in a kindergarten in Songjiang District was removed last night after parents complained that it had pungent odor and might have caused nosebleed, skin rash and cough among kids. The city education commission also said last night that it has launched a citywide inspection in all new plastic tracks laid this year and other...
As the ongoing haze in Indonesia is getting worse, it will affect more and more people in neaby countries, such as Singapore and Malaysia. Indonesia indicates it will accept Singapore’s offer to help fight haze PUBLISHED: 9:45 PM, OCTOBER 7, 2015 www.todayonline.com SINGAPORE — Indonesia has indicated it will now take up Singapore’s offer to help fight the ongoing haze, Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said on Facebook today (Oct 7). Jakarta had declined Singapore’s assistance package several times since the smog descended last month, saying it has the resources to manage. But Dr Balakrishnan wrote last night that his...
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EPA Sets Stricter Standard for Ozone
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"The Environmental Protection Agency set a limit of 70 parts per billion for ground-level ozone." Need to know-Sources of NOx and VOCs can be easily found in your house. For instance, gasoline vapors and chemical solvents. EPA Sets Stricter Standard for Ozone New limit on pollutant linked to smog draws criticism from industry groups, environmentalists By AMY HARDER Updated Oct. 1, 2015 3:47 p.m. ET Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—Environmental regulators significantly lowered a national limit for a smog-causing pollutant Thursday, in an attempted compromise that left some businesses relieved and environmental and health leaders upset the initiative wasn’t stronger....
"People with long-term health conditions and three groups who spend a lot of time indoors – young mothers, children and older people – will be particularly at risk, the report says." An 80% rise in the 5.4 million people already suffering from asthma, do you want to risk your children to these indoor pollutants? Asthma could be worsened by energy-efficient homes, warns study Published by The Guardian - Denis Campbell September 22, 2015 The report predicts there may be an 80% rise in the number of people suffering from asthma by 2050. Lack of ventilation caused by...
