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Car Restrictions Begin in Beijing
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July 20, 2008 - BBC
| | Beijing's authorities have introduced drastic traffic rules in a bid to remove more than one million cars from the streets ahead of the Olympic Games. Officials hope about half of the city's estimated 3,300,000 cars will be forced from the road over the next two months.
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80 Percent of Vietnam Factories Breach Pollution Rules: Study
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July 17, 2008 - TerraDaily
| | Hanoi -- Eight out of ten factories and industrial parks in Vietnam breach environmental regulations according to a government study. A survey of more than 400 enterprises found many "lacked even the most basic awareness of environmental issues," said the deputy head of the Environmental Protection Department, Nguyen Hoa Binh.
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Gulf Dead Zone Likely to Set Record
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June 12, 2008 - U.S. News & World Report
| | A new report predicts that the Gulf of Mexico dead zone will cover more than 10,000 square miles this summer, a swath nearly 20 percent larger than the record-setting dead zone of 2002 and more than 50 percent larger than the annual average since 1990.
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Study Links Air Pollution, Blood Clots In Veins
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May 13, 2008 - Planet Ark
| | Chicago -- Air pollution heavy in small particles may cause blood clots in the legs. Researchers studied 870 people in Italy who had developed deep vein thrombosis between 1995 and 2005. When compared with 1,210 others living in the same region who did not have the problem, they found that for every increase in particulate matter of 10 micrograms per square meter the previous year, the risk of deep vein thrombosis increased by 70 percent.
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Air Pollution Eyed as Raw Material for Plastics
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April 8, 2008 - LiveScience.com
| | Researchers are developing methods to transform carbon dioxide into the raw materials used to make polycarbonates. This process could help reduce carbon dioxide emissions and also provide a cheaper and less toxic alternative for producing transparent plastic products such as CDs and DVDs, eyeglasses and drinking bottles.
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US Corn Biofuels Will Expand Gulf of Mexico 'Dead Zone': Scientists
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March 10, 2008 - Google News
| | Vancouver, Canada -- Growing enough corn to meet US biofuel goals set for 2022 would increase nitrogen pollution in the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers by 10 to 34 percent. The additional nitrate pollution will significantly expand the Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone, which already covers 20,000 square kilometers.
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Breathing Dirty Air May Lower Kids' IQ
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February 15, 2008 - MSNBC
| | New York -- A study has found that kids who live in neighborhoods with heavy traffic pollution have lower IQs and score worse on other tests of intelligence and memory than children who breathe cleaner air.
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China to Launch Pollution Survey in February: State Media
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January 4, 2008 - Google News
| | Beijing -- China will launch its first nationwide survey to identify pollution sources. The survey will assess the sources of industrial, agricultural, and residential pollution and the results will be revealed in the first half of 2009. China's booming growth has ravaged the environment, with about 70 percent of its waterways polluted and urban air quality among the worst in the world.
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U.S. Delays Approval of Farm Pesticide
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September 28, 2007 - The Denver Post
| | Washington -- The Environmental Protection Agency delayed approval of a new toxic fumigant after receiving a letter from 54 scientists, including six Nobel Prize winners, who contend that the chemical is too dangerous. The fumigant is injected into soil before planting and does not leave a residue on the produce itself, but critics worry that fumes can escape and harm farmworkers or nearby residents. Methyl iodide, also called iodomethane, is classified in California as a carcinogen.
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EPA Sued Over Pollution From Ocean Ships
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September 5, 2007 - Google News
| | San Francisco -- Environmentalists believe that the federal government has failed to regulate emissions from oceangoing vessels that pollute the air and cause respiratory illness around ports nationwide. Oceangoing ships are among the fast-growing sources of air pollution, with emissions projected to double in North America over the next 10 to 20 years. A single cruise liner or cargo ship can emit as much pollution as 350,000 cars, and hundreds of large vessels dock at the nation's major ports each month.
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Ireland's Smoking Ban is a Breath of Fresh Air in Pubs
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April 16, 2007 - Yahoo! News
| | Dublin -- Since the smoking ban was introduced in March 2004, there has been an 83 percent drop in air pollution within pubs. Notable reductions include benzene and carbon monoxide.
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S.F. Leaders OK Plastic Grocery Bag Ban
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March 27, 2007 - ABC News
| | San Francisco -- City leaders approved a ban on petroleum-based plastic grocery bags, so customers will instead be choosing between bags made of paper, biodegradable plastic made from corn byproducts, or reusable cloth.
| | | By Lisa Leff © 2007 The Associated Press © 2007 ABC News Internet Ventures
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