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Houston, Texas / September 6, 2019 / -- When it comes to ambient air quality, the ancient country of Macedonia is not exactly in a good place. It’s estimated that more than 2,000 premature deaths—most of them concentrated in the capital city of Skopje—are caused directly by constant exposure to a noxious mix of air pollution generated by mobile and stationary sources. These include household ...

San Francisco, CA / August 29, 2019 / -- In November 2017, regulators in the San Francisco Bay Area approved a pioneering rule designed to reduce the risk of cancer from exposure to airborne pollutants produced by oil refineries, power plants and sewage processing facilities among others in the region. The rule is one of the most sweeping toxic air regulations in the United States and is all ...

Syracuse, NY / August 15, 2019 / -- In October 2017, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the Clean Power Plan, a centerpiece of former President Obama’s climate change policy that sought to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of power plants. Part of the CPP’s mandate was to create new “carbon pollution standards for new, modified, and reconstructe...

Austin, TX / August 7, 2019 / -- Of all the cities and urbanized areas in the world suffering from high air pollution levels, perhaps no place needs high efficiency filters more than the Nigerian city of Onitsha.  Onitsha, a place that few people outside of Africa and Nigeria have ever heard mentioned, bears the distinction of having the worst air pollution levels in any city worldwide, when...

Sacramento, CA / August 1, 2019 / — A recent study conducted by researchers from the University of California, Davis found that a previously unrecognized source of nitrogen oxide (NOx) air pollution is actually accounting for as much as 40 percent of all NOx emissions in California. The researchers traced the source of NOx emissions to fertilizer-laden soils in the Central Valley region, a fi...

Reducing the Levels of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Indoors Learn why common items can be a source of air pollution and how industrial molecular air filters solve their effects on indoor air quality. Air Filtration Solutions – Amid growing concerns over the health dangers of air pollution, more and more schools, commercial establishments, manufacturing facilities, hospitals, and airpor...

Riverdale, NJ / July 25, 2019 / -- In October 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) held its first global conference to discuss the links between air pollution and public health. The meeting of government officials, policymakers, and representatives from the healthcare and environmental sectors around the world sought to find a solution to prevent the estimated seven million deaths that o...

Phoenix, AZ / July 22, 2019 / -- By now everyone knows that poor air quality is associated with a host of health problems involving the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. Air pollution exposure is known to cause asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, and even lung cancer, making air filters an important tool in parts of the country with bad air quality. Its effects are particularly dangerous to ...

Easing Dependence on Diesel Vehicles Threatening Clean Air Quality In recent years, governments around the world have made efforts to crack down on older diesel-powered vehicles. In London, for example, drivers whose diesel vehicles do not meet the European Union’s emission standards have had to pay an additional daily toxicity tax called the T-Charge. The change came amid the widespread ba...

Riverdale, NJ / July 9, 2019 / -- It has always been thought that one of the downsides of riding a bike in a major city was having to breathe in dirty and unhealthy air pollution. On the other hand, cars and buses, which have their version of an air filter (i.e. cabin filter), were seen to be safer as these enclosed vehicles do a better job of ensuring that drivers and passengers breathe clea...