Air Pollution

Air quality management in Delhi, India: then, now, and next

This paper by SIM-air presents the past and the current air quality management in Delhi, India, including the discussions on the air pollution levels, sources of air pollution, and policy interventions of the past and on-going. It is based on a presentation delivered at the BioVision Conference in Lyon, France, in March, 2009.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2009
Sarath Guttikunda
Simple Interactive Models for Better Air Quality
Tags:
Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, RSPM (PM 10), Air Quality Management, Air Quality Monitoring, High Capacity Bus, Metro, India, Delhi, Urban Air Quality
Air Pollution

186 Milllion In U.S. Live With Dangerous Air Pollution

Six in 10 U.S. residents -- more than 186 million people -- live in areas with dangerous levels of air pollution, the American Lung Association reported on Wednesday.

The air in many U.S. cities became dirtier last year, the association said in its annual "State of the Air" report.

Publication Date: 
30/04/2009
Deborah Zabarenko
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, Air Quality Management, Air Quality Monitoring, Asthma, Diesel, Ozone Layer, Global Warming, Heart Diseases, Energy, Thermal Power Plants, United States Of America (US), California, New York
Air Pollution

Pollution level

CHENNAI: The level of respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) in the ambient air at residential area in Adyar and traffic intersection in V. Nagar recently was 30 microgram/cubic metre and 185 microgram/cubic metre respectively. The permissible limit is 100 microgram/cubic metre, according to a press release from Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board.

Publication Date: 
20/04/2009
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Air Pollution, RSPM (PM 10), Air Quality Monitoring, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Tamil Nadu, Chennai (T)
Air Pollution

Performance evaluation of USEPA ISCST3 model in the ambient environ of Neyveli air basin

The present study involves the performance evaluation of the USEPA ISCST3 model for prediction of short-term SO2 concentrations in the ambient environment of NLC complex.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2009
S. Palanivelraja, M. P. Chockalingam
Indian Journal of Environmental Protection
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316
Tags:
Air Pollution, Air Quality Monitoring, Neyveli STPS
Air Pollution

Study of criteria air pollutants in the industrial background ambient air

Emerging technologies affect the social, economic and environmental dimensions of our world, often in ways that are entirely unanticipated. A study was carried out to assess the concentration of the critical pollutants, such as sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and suspended particulate matter present in the ambient air of a fertilizer industry during the year 2000.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2009
T. Senthilnathan
Indian Journal of Environmental Protection
29
4
312
Tags:
Air Pollution, Industrial Pollution, SPM, Air Quality Monitoring, Tamil Nadu
Air Pollution

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Publication Date: 
01/04/2009
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Pollution Control, Air Pollution, Urban Air Quality, Air Quality Monitoring, Advertising, Delhi
Air Pollution

BME estimation of residential exposure to ambient PM10 and ozone at multiple time scales

Long-term human exposure to ambient pollutants can be an important contributing or etiologic factor of many chronic diseases. Spatiotemporal estimation (mapping) of long-term exposure at residential areas based on field observations recorded in the U.S.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2009
Hwa-Lung Yu, Jiu-Chiuan Chen, George Christakos & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
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537
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, RSPM (PM 10), Ozone, Air Quality Monitoring, United States Of America (US)
Air Pollution

Pollution declines on 'selective' data

NEW DELHI: A new set of data released by Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) shows a decline in pollution levels in the capital. However, environment agencies say that the numbers are misleading and don't indicate a trend.

Publication Date: 
31/03/2009
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Pollution Control, Air Pollution, Urban Air Quality, Air Quality Monitoring, CSE, Delhi
Air Pollution

Met dept steps in to check pollution

During 2010 Games, Real Time Data Will Help Improve Air Quality

Publication Date: 
23/03/2009
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Air Quality Monitoring, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Delhi
Air Pollution

Online system to monitor smoke levels

Jamshedpur, March 3: Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has decided to make online stack monitoring system compulsory in medium and large scale industrial units.

The JSPCB authorities will issue a circular to this effect to all such units and especially to those which have smokestacks.

Publication Date: 
04/03/2009
Telegraph (Ranchi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Air Quality Monitoring, Thermal Power Plants, Jharkhand

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