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Air pollution has the potential to harm people’s health and welfare in a variety of different ways, making programs to control air pollution of vital importance. Since the 1970s, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been tackling various problems regarding air pollution, largely through the landmark Clean Air Act, an effort that has substantially reduced levels of different air poll...

New Jersey, NJ - Camfil USA now offers air protection screens. Made-to-measure to HVAC air intake openings, external protection screens made from a unique mesh traps airborne debris such as pollen, leaves, and insects.   With minimal impact on airflow, the protections screens stop debri from entering the air handling unit and clogging internal equipment such as coils, fans, and ductwork. htt...

When most people think about damage from air pollution, they think of it in terms of its effects on human health. This is understandable, as we’re humans and we filter what we know about the world through our own experiences. Yet it’s important to remember that air pollution negatively affects the entire world around us, which includes plant life and animal life as well. Animals and plan...

Employees of chemical labs can easily be exposed to a number of different dangerous air pollutants and compounds. Hazardous waste products at chemical labs include things that can ignite, corrode, react violently with other compounds, or generally be toxic to the human body. Toxic chemical wastes often give off dangerous particles of air pollution that can easily damage a person’s lungs, kid...

Air pollution can cause a number of different health problems depending upon factors like the kind of air pollutant a person is exposed to, the concentration of the pollutant, and the person's individual genetics. It’s long been known that air pollution can lead to the development of cardiovascular and respiratory ailments. This makes sense, as the pollutants enter the lungs and cause damage...

Air pollution can affect our health in a variety of ways. Breathing in toxic air pollutants can cause a variety of health problems. Air pollutants can also harm the environment, contributing to global warming. One aspect of air pollution that isn't frequently addressed is how the air pollution caused by biological air pollutants can threaten the safety of our food. If food is prepared in the...

Camfil USA is pleased to announce that it will expand its North American production capacity, and hopes to complete the project by 2019. The expansion is expected to increase capacity for products that include Megalam, Absolute, Filtra 2000, Durafil, and other air filtration products by 50 percent.   “Our board has approved this expansion in response to the unprecedented growth that ...

For years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sounded the alarm about the importance of improving indoor air quality, because people spend as much as 90 percent of their lives indoors. And in fact, studies have found that residences and workplaces with high levels of pollutants can worsen asthma conditions, reduce lung function and even lead to serious illnesses such as lung ...

Fast food restaurants have become a fact of life throughout the world. In fact, fast food restaurants in the world generate more than $570 billion a year, and the U.S. accounts for nearly half that amount with $200 billion in fast food revenues in 2015. And with a projected annual growth rate of 2.5-percent, there is no end to the number of new fast food restaurants that will crop up aro...

Author Information Lynne Laake Camil Air Filters It’s become almost a cliché in the air filtration industry to mention the words “particulate matter,” because they are so often used to explain one of the major causes of low indoor air quality. But the truth is, particulate matter lies at the heart of what makes the air inside many commercial facilities so hazardous to human health, ...