Letters to the Editor (June 24) (81) Jun 24, 2008
To the several good ideas made on this page by councillors and citizens, concerning ways the city could help to reduce car exhaust at intersection, I offer four suggestions that citizens could take to help out on their own. 1. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
China imposes traffic plan Jun 24, 2008
Ground-level dust, soot and industrial emissions mixed with car exhaust creates a gray-brown haze that often blankets the city of 17 million. As a short term matter, restricting the use of the automobile is sensible and the only thing they could do right now,'' said Fred Salvucci, senior research associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Transportation and Logistics. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Youth sports look to Cabot land for fields Jun 10, 2008
Chemicals emitted from rubber granules are also common in car exhaust, furnaces, flooring and foods. Hannon-Rizza added that the technology today has significantly improved and if the sub base has good drainage, it helps lower any risks. (Billerica Minuteman, MA)
News Bytes of the Week--Yoko says oh no to Expelled Jun 7, 2008
Anthropologists say women prized since 5000 B.C.; New mega-Earth discovered; Making fuel from car exhaust; and more. By Lisa Stein, Nikhil Swaminathan, Larry Greenemeier and Adam Hadhazy. (Scientific American)
Electricity From The Exhaust Pipe Jun 5, 2008
4, 2008) Researchers are working on a thermoelectric generator that converts the heat from car exhaust fumes into electricity ... 25, 2008) Researchers are exploring how waste heat from car exhausts could provide a new greener power supply for vehicles. (Science Daily)
Exercising In The City? Don't Get Exhaust-ed; Take It Inside May 15, 2008
Ozone, which is a large component of the smog found in cities like Los Angeles and New York, results from the interaction of sunlight and chemicals found in car exhaust. Ozone adversely affects a person's breathing pattern and causes the airways in the lungs to become smaller and more resistant to oxygen exchange. (Science Daily)
Unless you want to live in a bubble ... May 2, 2008
Kim wrote on May 1, 2008 4:30 PM:" My you people complaining about not being able to smell cigarette smoke are obviously smokers. It is a smell that permeates everything around it. And no one here was arguing about the other smells such as John Morell or car exhaust, I love how everyone who embraces cigarettes and needs them to live ( they salivate just thinking about it) deflects. That is extraordinarily childish. You pose no credible arguments; you throw the same "crap" around time and time... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Ore grade hammers Lonmin's 2008 sales forecast Apr 23, 2008
The metal, used in jewellery and car exhaust catalysts, reached a record $1 460 an ounce last Friday. c. (Business Report, South Africa)
Change in standards means county once again violating smog levelsPosted 12 hours, 32 minutes ago. Apr 16, 2008
There are a variety of causes for ozone more commonly called smog including industry, car exhaust, lawn mowers and even household barbecues. For years, county officials would announce ozone alerts in hot, windless days, asking residents to refrain from grilling out and wait until nighttime to mow. (Lima News, OH)
County Lines for April 13, 2008 Apr 13, 2008
Car exhaust suspected in fires. An unidentified vehicle, likely one with a bad catalytic converter, managed to ignite between 10 and 14 grass and brush fires between San Luis Obispo and Morro Bay along the side of Highway 1, according to Cal Fire. (Santa Maria Times)
East Belfast students learn about climate change Apr 11, 2008
The last part of the presentation was a chemistry experiment, where students were shown how much carbon dioxide is in their breath compared to how much is in car exhaust. This was done by putting samples of exhaled air, and samples of car exhaust, into a liquid called Bromothymol Blue (BtB), which changes color when it comes in contact with carbon dioxide ... Students saw that the BtB changed a little, to green, when they added their breath, but it changed a lot, to yellow, when they added car... (Courier Publications, ME)
Moving to cooler ground Mar 30, 2008
Many say car exhaust and other global-warming emissions from human activities may be the reason. The rising temperatures probably will shorten the Sierra's long, snowy winters and force mass uphill migrations by sequoias, Sierra bighorn sheep, dusky woodrats, rabbitlike pikas and mountain yellow-legged frogs, scientists say. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Students going to state, international science fairs Mar 22, 2008
By measuring how car exhaust pollutes water, Bolinger said they learned they should buy an E-85 car and not one with a diesel engine. Their paper about pollution will advance to state for the opportunity to move on to nationals in Orlando. (Albert Lea Tribune, MN)
Nano-breakthrough: New Era In Power Generation Mar 21, 2008
21, 2008) Researchers at Boston College and MIT have used nanotechnology to achieve a major increase in thermoelectric efficiency, a milestone that paves the way for a new generation of products -- from semiconductors and air conditioners to car exhaust systems and solar power technology -- that run cleaner ... The auto industry has been experimenting with ways to use thermoelectric materials to convert waste heat from a car exhaust systems into electric current to help power vehicles ... 25,... (Science Daily)
Controversial Clinic for Environment Illnesses Mar 21, 2008
"We all see car exhaust, smell car exhaust on the way to work in the morning, and we all have dogs and cats at home, and we all have new carpeting at work. We all have air fresheners at the airport that we get exposed to. It's how you deal with those exposures. Do you get tired or do you get a headache? That makes you environmentally ill.". Controversial Clinic for the 'Chemically Sensitive' 1. (ABC News)
Asthmatic Athletes Fear Choking in Beijing as Smog Taints Vulnerable Lungs Mar 20, 2008
Athletes with exercise-induced asthma will be vulnerable in Beijing, where the air is filled with smoke from coal-fired power plants, dust kicked up by construction crews and car exhaust. If the pollution was bad enough, it could lead to him being hospitalized,'' said John Balmes, a doctor who studies the effects of pollution on the lungs at the University of California, San Francisco. (Bloomberg)
Pollution Visible From East Asia To North America In New Satellite Image Mar 19, 2008
18, 2008) In a new NASA study, researchers taking advantage of improvements in satellite sensor capabilities offer the first measurement-based estimate of the amount of pollution from East Asian forest fires, urban exhaust, and industrial production that makes its way to western North America. China, the world's most populated country, has experienced rapid industrial growth, massive human migrations to urban areas, and considerable expansion in automobile use over the last two decades. (Science Daily)
Italian men's fertility falling: Study Mar 9, 2008
They had blamed nitrogen oxide and lead in car exhaust fumes. "Our study demonstrates that continuous exposure to traffic pollutants impairs sperm quality in young and middle-aged men," lead researcher Michele De Rosa had said. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Toxins In Oil Spills And Cigarette Smoke Prevent Stem Cells From Becoming Cartilage Mar 5, 2008
4, 2008) A toxic pollutant spread by oil spills, forest fires and car exhaust is also present in cigarette smoke, and may represent a second way in which smoking delays bone healing, according to research presented today at the annual meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society in San Francisco. See also. (Science Daily)
Study finds drop in suicide rate Feb 29, 2008
The study, led by Dr Cameron Stark, also found there had been a reduction in hangings and poisoning by car exhaust fumes as suicide methods. Use of carbon-cutting catalytic converters on vehicles was found to be one of the reasons for this. (BBC News -- UK)
Researchers link car exhaust fumes to heart attacks Feb 20, 2008
City pollution from car exhausts could be causing heart damage, say scientists, who have also found increasing evidence linking smoke from fires and tobacco to heart attacks, cardiovascular disease and clogged arteries. Speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Boston, researchers argued that more regulation was needed to curb the potential harms of pollution. (Guardian Unlimited)
Car exhaust fumes can damage your heart: Study Feb 20, 2008
London (PTI): Inhaling car exhaust fumes can increase your chance of getting a cardiovascular disease or even a heart stroke, according to a new study. A team of international researchers has found that chemicals released when petrol and other fuels are burnt weaken the heart's ability to pump effectively and can lead to irregular heart beats, thereby raising the chance of strokes. (Hindu)
Lenox mall wants trees gone to be competitive Feb 20, 2008
All of those areas have a sense of community and an aesthetic that Buckhead's car exhaust and noise will never allow to be created. Just a bunch of yuppies and condos, that's about it. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)
Car exhaust fumes may damage the heart Feb 19, 2008
LONDON: Breathing car exhaust fumes can trigger heart disease and increase the risk of strokes, say researchers. The study found that the chemicals released during the burning of petrol and other fuels weakened the heart's ability to pump effectively and can lead to irregular heartbeats. (India Times)
Heart disease risk from car exhaust fumes Feb 19, 2008
Inhaling tiny particles in car exhaust fumes could trigger heart disease and increase the risk of strokes, say scientists ... Car exhausts "could trigger heart disease". (Telegraph.co.uk)
Young male sucide rate at a 30 year low say researchers Feb 18, 2008
High employment and catalytic converters that have cut car exhaust toxins are cited as two key factors behind new figures that reveal the lowest young male suicide rates for 30 years ... Car exhaust emission legislation in 1993 has contributed to falling suicide rates, say the authors, because it has led to a marked reduction in car exhaust gas poisoning due to the increased number of cars with catalytic converters. (OnMedica)
China to close gas stations during Games Feb 17, 2008
Ground-level dust, soot and industrial emissions mixed with car exhaust creates a gray haze that regularly blankets the city of 17 million, while high humidity and a lack of wind in August pose an additional challenge. Beijing has begun shutting down blast furnaces in the city's biggest steel company to improve air quality, and plans to suspend work on city construction sites from May onward. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
A better solution needed Feb 16, 2008
Poffenberger has also heard the stories about hoses hooked to a car exhaust pipe and then piped to a chamber to kill animals. I heard that 22 years ago when I moved here, and it doesn t happen here, she said. (Washington Daily News, NC)
Entrance to Section 32 Debated Feb 16, 2008
"This land that I have is my whole world ... other than the hospital, this is where I am." Benzene also is present in car exhaust, which is why Jackson is concerned about the access road. "This is a major concern for me health-wise," she said. (Cedar Crest East Mountain Telegraph, NM)
Jobs, Cleaner Exhaust Fumes May Be Behind Fall in Suicides Among Young Men Feb 15, 2008
Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Jobs and less toxic car exhaust fumes may be behind a drop in suicides among young men in the U.K. to the lowest level in 30 years, researchers said in the British Medical Journal. Reductions in antidepressant use among under-18s have not led to an increase in suicidal behavior in youngsters, another study found. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Platinum futures rise to record as major supplier reports drop in production Feb 15, 2008
The automotive industry consumes about 60 percent of world platinum supply to make catalytic converters in car exhaust systems. Platinum is a necessity for the automotive sector, so manufacturers will have to buy this platinum at these prices or any prices, Sanchez said. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
New disc decompression system combats back pain Feb 6, 2008
There are pollutants in the air, in food, in car exhaust. They are not natural, and the body has trouble metabolizing them. (Leavenworth Times, KS)
Athletes look for Beijing pollution solutions Feb 5, 2008
Ground-level dust, soot and industrial emissions mixed with car exhaust creates a gray haze that often blankets the city of 17 million. Jana Rawlinson of Australia, the world champion in the 400-meter hurdles, said she'll train in Japan and arrive in Beijing on Aug. 15 -- a week after the Games open. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Olympic athletes look for a solution to Beijing's pollution Feb 4, 2008
" International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has warned several times that endurance events would be postponed if air pollution presents a danger. Beijing has begun shutting down blast furnaces in the city's biggest steel company to improve air quality. It is also expected to enact temporary traffic restrictions during the games to ease traffic and reduce vehicle exhaust. Ground-level dust, soot and industrial emissions mixed with car exhaust creates a gray haze that often blankets... (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Air quality issues Jan 24, 2008
Fine particles caused by open burning, wood smoke and car exhaust can damage lung tissue, Sutherland said, adding that this type of smoke can harm individuals more than tobacco smoke because the particles get deeper into lung tissue. Recommendations. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Anger burns against boilers Jan 16, 2008
"There's car exhaust, indoor home cleaners. ... It's not just one particular source.". Government studies say wood smoke is a growing problem. (USA Today)
Turf battleLavery wants health study on artificial fields Jan 13, 2008
But the state health department report says it isn't clear whether the playing fields expose athletes to any more of the chemicals than they would already get from rubber-based flooring, car exhaust or the wear of car tires from driving. "Based upon the current evidence, a public health risk appears unlikely," the health department statement said. (Greenwich Time)
Germans tighten car exhaust rules Jan 2, 2008
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Milan Drivers Face Trend-Setting Pollution Charge Jan 2, 2008
"Car exhaust is an important source of particulate matter but it's not the only one," Guido Giuseppe Lanzani, head of the air quality department at Lombardy's regional environmental protection agency, told Reuters. (Writing by Antonella Ciancio, Editing by Keith Weir). (Planet Ark, United States)
Catching Polluters Made Easier With NASA Satellite Data Dec 20, 2007
19, 2007) Detecting pollution, like catching criminals, requires evidence and witnesses; but on the scale of countries, continents and oceans, having enough detectors is easier said than done. A team of air quality modelers, climatologists and air policy specialists at Arizona State University may soon change that. (Science Daily)
Gallery exhibits slabs of human poo Dec 14, 2007
These monoliths are the brainchild of Santiago Sierra, whose previous work includes pumping a former German synagogue full of poisonous car exhaust (visitors wore gas masks) and an attempt to write the word Submission in giant, flaming letters near the U.S.-Mexico border. The Spanish-born artists curator at the Lisson Gallery, Elena Crippa, said Sierras intention with the new installation is to confront audiences with the horror of the scavengers, the so-called untouchables who have... (MSNBC -- News)
Reality Land gets a little dose of magic Dec 12, 2007
In Reality Land, people choke on the aroma of traffic-jam car exhaust. In Magic Holiday Land, kids are all little angels because Santa is watching them. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)
Related Story Nov 29, 2007
A similar cleanup of the downtown Steamship Dock nearly cost the city $1 million after gravel and sediment from previous snow dumping was dredged up and found to be contaminated with hydrocarbons, which are pollutants that come from car exhaust and oil. "It's very costly to dispose of," Etheridge said. (Juneau Empire)
Smoking And Infertility Nov 27, 2007
Mice mothers exposed to PAHs (environmental pollutants found in cigarette smoke, car exhaust fumes, smoke produced by fossil fuel combustion as well as in smoked food) before pregnancy and during breast feeding, but not during pregnancy, can cause a reduction in the number of eggs in the ovaries of their offspring by two thirds. This limits the window in which the daughter will be able to reproduce. (Suite101.com)
Don't gas the red meat Nov 27, 2007
But we're not so sure about meat that is red because it has been subjected to a gas found in car exhaust. Apparently, the U.S. Agriculture Department has no such qualms, even though the safety of using carbon monoxide to keep older cuts of meat looking red and fresh has been questioned recently. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
Environmental Toxins May Limit Fertility In Offspring Nov 23, 2007
The compounds are found in cigarette smoke, car exhaust, fumes from wood stoves and in charred and smoked foods. The impact of this research is significant, said Professor Jim Woodgett of medical biophysics and Lunenfeld s director of research. (Science Daily)
Eating up the land Nov 22, 2007
A potentially looming food crisis that the world is being warned about has not been directly created by car exhaust fumes or factories billowing smoke into the atmosphere, after all. Farming in Africa: Many nations face dilemma of needing to feed people v. damaging the planet. (CNN -- International)
China Takes Pollution Fight to Threatened Villages Nov 22, 2007
China's cities have been the focus of official efforts to clean factory smoke and car exhaust from often smoggy skies. But as richer areas have set stricter controls, polluting factories have sprung up in the poorer countryside, where hundreds of millions live. (Planet Ark, United States)
Smoking Before, After Pregnancy Harms Daughters' Fertility Nov 22, 2007
"Mothers, mice in this case, exposed to PAHs -- environmental pollutants found in cigarette smoke, car exhaust, smoke produced by fossil fuel combustion, as well as in smoked food --before pregnancy and/or during breast-feeding, but not during pregnancy, can cause a reduction in the number of eggs in the ovaries of their female offspring by two-thirds. This limits the window in which the daughter will be able to reproduce," explained lead researcher Dr. Andrea Jurisicova. Further analysis... (Health-Finder)
Langham says child porn viewings compassionate Nov 20, 2007
"Langham told how an alcoholic friend who he had helped to get treatment had phoned him as he was preparing to kill himself.He said he was looking for a pipe to attach to his car exhaust to gas himself when the friend, who was himself suicidal, asked for help.As he persuaded the man not to kill himself, Langham said he heard himself "talk myself out of it".Langham was sent to prison for 10 months in September after being found guilty of 15 counts of downloading child pornography. He was later... (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
World's tallest Buddha to get another "facelift" Nov 7, 2007
In 2002, a 12-km bypass was built to keep car exhaust away from the statue. The government has planned another diversion road to keep cars further away, and relocate the remaining 10,000 residents from the scenic area. (Xinhuanet, China)
Correlation appears to exist Oct 29, 2007
Nevin wondered whether millions of people exposed as babies to higher levels of lead through car exhaust would commit more violent crimes than those exposed to lower levels. He found a "stunning" fit, he says. (USA Today)
Beating a hasty retreat Oct 14, 2007
Scientists have detected car exhaust, DDT and other pollutants in its layers of compressed snow dating to 1932. Over all, less snow has been falling each winter to maintain the glacier's mass, while meltwater bleeds along blue-tinged streams earlier each summer. (Globe and Mail)
Almost all of Indiana meets standards - for now Oct 13, 2007
Smog is formed from car exhaust, industrial emissions and gasoline vapors that are aggravated by summertime sun and heat. It's blamed for health risks in children, seniors, and those suffering from asthma and other lung ailments. (Rensselaer Republican, IN)
Germany's Gerhard Ertl Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry Oct 11, 2007
Ertl's research laid the foundation of modern surface chemistry, which has helped explain how fuel cells work, how catalytic converters clean up car exhaust and even why even why iron rusts, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said. Ertl, who won the prize on his 71st birthday, told reporters that it "is the best birthday present that you can give to somebody.". (Fox News)
Chemist's Birthday Gift: Nobel Oct 11, 2007
" "I am speechless," he said from his office in Berlin. "I was not counting on this (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
Glacier losing pristine nature, study says Oct 8, 2007
That's opposed to the garbled pollution signal of urban areas, which are awash in car exhaust, wastewater runoff, industrial pollutants and agricultural chemicals. Turns out, finding the molecular needles in Glacier's million-acre haystack was not so difficult, unless you consider the getting there. (Missoulian, MT)
Letters to the editor Sep 24, 2007
Crossing any street downtown on foot, one gets more than a nose full of toxins from car exhaust fumes. Their logic would dictate banning vehicular traffic on G Street so that I don't get exposed to this health hazard on my way to Darwin's Theory. (Anchorage Daily News)
Palladium and platinum an easier find with Pitt researcher's detection method Sep 23, 2007
Palladium is most used in the catalytic converters that render car exhaust less toxic. But known palladium/platinum deposits dot only a few countries-including the United States and Canada-which makes the prices and supply unstable. (EurekAlert!)
Thinned forests slow spread of pine beetles Aug 28, 2007
Wait No Longer MR wrote on Aug 27, 2007 10:22 AM:" It is obvious you do not know the first thing about silviculture. Blaming the drought for the bug infestation is like blaming a tail pipe for car exhaust. ". hey you wrote on Aug 27, 2007 9:24 AM:" If the trees were thinned right from the start, the drought would have less effect because there would not be a fight for resources between trees and we would have better trees. The Forest Services should have been more proactive 6 years ago and let... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Oaks nearing end of life in Durham Aug 22, 2007
But in a city, where roots are restricted and car exhaust serves as a toxin, the life span is more like 70 years. This natural evolution might have financial significance. (News & Observer)
California Farm Area Is U.S.'s Smoggiest Region Aug 15, 2007
Ground-level ozone is created when car exhaust and other noxious fumes are cooked by heat and sunlight. It can trigger asthma attacks, aggravate diseases like emphysema and bronchitis and may even reduce the immune system's ability to fight respiratory infections, according to AIRNow. (Fox News)
Scientists debate ethanol's benefits Aug 13, 2007
"Jacobson used a computer model to predict the effects of a large-scale ethanol conversion on pollution and death rates from respiratory illness in 2020."Both gasoline and ethanol are going to kill at least 10,000 people" per year, Jacobson said.But his model, published in the April issue of Environmental Science ology journal, predicted that Los Angeles, for one, could expect 650 more hospitalizations and 1,200 more asthma-related emergency visits in 2020 if many more ethanol cars and trucks... (Florida Today)
Chopper, Charger a matched set Aug 11, 2007
Derek Spitsnogle stands outside his business, Xotic Concepts, in Firth next to the 1971 Dodge Charger R/T that he modeled a custom made chopper after for his father's 50th birthday. Photo by Joelyn Hansen/Daily Sun staff. (Beatrice Daily Sun, NE)
Parisian-style hire bicycles to weave London's streets Aug 10, 2007
But despite the political difficulties ahead, Mr Livingstone believes that it could play an important part in cutting traffic jams and reducing pollution for car exhaust. "Cycling is a clean, fast and cheap way to get around London and we have seen an 83 per cent increase in cycling since I became Mayor," he said yesterday. (Independent)
