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nodebbunker
Joined: 01 Nov 2000
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Location: Indiana USA |
 Wed Nov 29, 2000 2:36 pm
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If emmissions from aircraft taking off and landing (and it takes more fuel to land than to take off) is so bad around airports, why aren't airline and airport personnel on the ground required to wear respirators? Also, in the maintenance hangers, where jet engines are running for hours at a time?
Snow tells a story. In urban areas, within hours, the snow is blackened from auto exhaust along the roads and streets. I live near an international airport, and the undisturbed snow in my backyard doesn't exhibit signs of contamination. When I lived in a rural area, on a road less travelled, black snow wasn't an eye sore until you drove into town.
Although I live on the edge of a suburb surrounded by corn field, our town has a law against outdoor burning of anything. We have to accumulate yard waste in a pile and apply for a burning permit (one per year allowed.) So I found this interesting regarding the State of Washington -
Ecology to end outdoor burning ban as weather shifts
OLYMPIA -- The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) will cancel a statewide ban on outdoor burning tomorrow (Thanksgiving Day) at 6 a.m. The calm weather conditions, which have trapped pollution near the ground over much of the state since last week, are starting to change.
Local bans on outdoor burning, as well as restrictions on wood-stove and fireplace use, may remain in effect in some areas. People should monitor local radio and TV news for current information on indoor and outdoor burning. A home with no other source of adequate heat may heat with wood even during a ban on indoor burning.
"Even if burning is allowed, we urge you to use cleaner options," said Ecology meteorologist Tim Allen. "Wood smoke is the number one air pollution problem in residential areas during the fall and winter."
The microscopic particles in wood smoke can be inhaled deeply into the lungs and damage delicate tissues. Young children, the elderly, pregnant women and people with respiratory or heart ailments are at the greatest risk from this pollutant. Outdoor exertion that causes deep breathing -- such as play, exercise or heavy physical labor -- can increase your exposure to these particles and other pollutants.
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nodebbunker
Joined: 01 Nov 2000
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Location: Indiana USA |
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Wed Nov 29, 2000 4:42 pm
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plagerized:
If there is a problem with the fuel causing ill health, this $4 million study should find it. So far, they find chronic pulmonary obstructive illness more prevalent than in the county as a whole, but murders are 50% higher there, too. People over 65 actually live longer there than the county as a whole, though.
Good research, documented as no chemtrail has ever been: http://www.metrokc.gov/health/phnr/eapd/reports/cancer/
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elvis lives
Joined: 30 Sep 2000
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Location: Pismo Beach, California |
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Thu Nov 30, 2000 3:35 am
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Score another point for water and air pollution.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly half of Americans suffer at least one chronic disease, everything from allergies to heart disease - 20 million more than doctors had anticipated this year, researchers say.
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA2TKJM5GC.html
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nodebbunker
Joined: 01 Nov 2000
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Thu Nov 30, 2000 5:09 am
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Yes, Elvis and with everything we must take personal responsibility - from same article:
"Preventive care - weight management, disease screening, nutrition, exercise, geriatric assessments for the elderly - can stave off many chronic diseases. "
So what was your point of posting this article? That people get diabetes from air pollution too?
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theseeker
Joined: 25 Jul 2000
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Location: Damnit...I'm a doctor jim |
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Thu Nov 30, 2000 6:03 am
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Yep, and all that asian dust something even captain planet can't do nuthin' about...don't you greens feel helpless ?
Aaaachooo !!!
These SeaWiFS images show the development of a large dust storm in China and its interaction with a meteorological system that carried the dust far out into the Pacific Ocean. In the first image, from April 16, 1998, the bright yellowish-brown cloud near the coast is the center of the storm, being pushed by a frontal system. In the subsequent images from April 20-24, the atmospheric circulation around a low-pressure system entrains the dust from the storm and carries it over the north Pacific Ocean. On April 25, dust from this event reached the west coast of North America
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theseeker
Joined: 25 Jul 2000
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Location: Damnit...I'm a doctor jim |
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Thu Nov 30, 2000 8:29 am
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Back to Ozone, I remember sometime back someone argued with me about the dangers of Ozone....I would reluctantly err on the side of elvis this time...sorry Christy....
EPA RELEASE :
Why has EPA revised the ozone standards?
Ozone has clear, documented impacts on human health, crops, and ecosystems. EPA first promulgated ozone standards in 1971. These standards were last revised in 1979. EPA reviewed the scientific information for ozone in 1993, but based on studies published through the late 1980s, the Agency concluded that the current ozone standards were adequate to protect human health.
Since that time, however, over 3,000 new studies on ozone have been published. Many of these new studies show that ozone can cause adverse health effects at levels below the current primary standard. For this reason, EPA has revised the primary standard to provide a higher level of protection than the current standard.
EPA
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