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DATE: May 15, 2026 at 12:00PM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Common air pollutants are linked to higher risks of Lewy body and Parkinson’s dementias
Breathing in common air pollutants over many years may substantially raise a person’s risk of developing certain neurodegenerative diseases, pointing to an environmental driver for cognitive decline. A new study published in JAMA Network Open found that prolonged exposure to fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide is linked to higher rates of Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s disease dementia. These results suggest that improving air quality could serve as a preventative measure to protect brain health in aging populations.
Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s disease dementia are related neurological conditions that severely impact memory, thinking, and behavior. Both disorders involve the abnormal buildup of a specific protein called alpha-synuclein in the brain. Proteins are the microscopic structures that carry out essential functions inside our cells. When these proteins misfold and clump together, they disrupt normal cellular activity and eventually cause brain cells to die.
In Lewy body dementia, these protein clumps typically cause early cognitive problems, visual hallucinations, and unpredictable shifts in alertness. In Parkinson’s disease, the damage initially affects movement, causing tremors and stiffness, but many patients eventually develop dementia as the disease spreads through the brain. Researchers want to identify environmental triggers that might cause this destructive protein buildup. If external factors contribute to these diseases, modifying our environment might help prevent the onset of symptoms.
Dimitry S. Davydow, a psychiatrist and researcher at the University of Florida College of Medicine, led the investigation into these environmental factors. He collaborated with Gregory M. Pontone, a psychiatrist at the University of Florida, along with a team of environmental scientists and epidemiologists from Aarhus University in Denmark. They aimed to track pollution exposure over a long period to see how it affected older adults. The research team focused specifically on two ubiquitous pollutants found in nearly all modern cities.
The first pollutant, fine particulate matter, consists of tiny airborne particles that are much thinner than a single human hair. Because they are so small, these particles can be inhaled deep into the lungs and easily pass into the bloodstream. The second pollutant is nitrogen dioxide, a toxic, reddish-brown gas. Both of these substances are primarily generated by combustion processes, such as the burning of fossil fuels in car engines and power plants.
The brain is usually protected from harmful substances in the blood by a strict biological filter known as the blood-brain barrier. Some incredibly small particles and gases can bypass this defense system and enter brain tissue directly. Once inside, these pollutants might trigger an aggressive immune response from the brain’s defense cells. Chronic inflammation resulting from this immune response can damage neurons and potentially encourage proteins to misfold.
Another possible entry point for these pollutants is the human nose. The olfactory system, which handles the sense of smell, provides a direct neural path from the outside environment to the brain. People who develop Lewy body dementia or Parkinson’s disease often lose their sense of smell early in the disease process. High levels of air pollution are also associated with a weakened ability to smell, suggesting the nasal cavity could be a gateway for toxic particles.
To investigate these patterns, the research team analyzed national health and population records from Denmark. They gathered de-identified data covering more than two million Danish citizens aged 65 to 95 between the years 2001 and 2021. Denmark maintains comprehensive health registries that track medical diagnoses and residential addresses for its entire population. This detailed record-keeping allowed the researchers to look far back into the patients’ lives with high accuracy.
From this massive dataset, the researchers identified just over 3,000 people diagnosed with Lewy body dementia. They also found about 3,800 individuals diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease dementia. The investigators matched each of these patients with ten control subjects who did not have either condition. The control subjects were chosen to be the exact same sex and born within fourteen days of the patients they were matched with.
Next, the team had to calculate how much pollution each person had breathed in over time. They used a high-resolution mapping system that models air pollution levels across Denmark on a very localized scale. By combining this environmental data with the historical residential addresses of the subjects, they calculated a ten-year average exposure for each person. This average covered the entire decade right before a dementia diagnosis was recorded.
The researchers adjusted their statistical models to account for a wide variety of background factors that might influence brain health. They included the socioeconomic status of the individuals, such as their highest level of education, employment status, and income bracket. They also factored in the general economic conditions of the subjects’ immediate neighborhoods. Finally, they included detailed medical histories, taking into account other physical illnesses and prior psychiatric conditions.
The data revealed a clear connection between higher pollution levels and increased dementia risk. For every small incremental increase in the concentration of fine particulate matter, the risk of developing Lewy body dementia nearly quadrupled. The same incremental increase in this particulate matter was associated with more than double the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease dementia.
Nitrogen dioxide exposure showed a similar, though slightly less dramatic, pattern in the analysis. A fixed increase in the average concentration of this gas almost doubled a person’s chances of developing Lewy body dementia. For Parkinson’s disease dementia, the elevated gas exposure corresponded to a fourteen percent higher risk. In both cases, the connection to pollution was stronger for Lewy body dementia than for the dementia associated with Parkinson’s disease.
The researchers also grouped the subjects based on their total pollution exposure to look for a consistent dose-response relationship. They compared the people who breathed the dirtiest air to those who enjoyed the cleanest air. The group with the highest exposure to fine particulate matter had more than twice the risk for both types of dementia compared to the lowest exposure group.
“These are pollutants most people are exposed to every day,” said Dimitry S. Davydow, M.D., M.P.H., the Lauren and Lee Fixel Professor at the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health. “They come from things like traffic, shipping and other forms of combustion.”
“While this research does not establish causation, it does show a clear association between air pollution exposure and increased risk of these dementias,” said Gregory Pontone, M.D., M.H.S., the Louis and Roberta Fixel Endowed Chair. “It’s an important step in understanding how environmental factors may contribute to disease development.”
The study relied heavily on diagnoses made in hospitals or specialty clinics, which presents a minor limitation. This means the researchers might have missed milder cases of dementia or patients who never sought specialized medical care. If milder cases were missing from the registries, the exact risk calculations might be slightly underestimated by the final analysis.
The team also lacked access to certain personal details that consistently affect health outcomes in older adults. The national databases do not record lifestyle habits like diet, alcohol consumption, or daily exercise routines. The registries also omit details about specific occupational hazards, meaning the team could not account for people who work in heavily polluted industrial settings.
Additionally, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide are often emitted from the exact same sources, such as highway traffic. Because the two pollutants frequently exist together in the air, it is incredibly difficult to separate their individual effects on the human body. The researchers noted that these elements might work together simultaneously to cause neurological harm.
Future research could explore exactly how these invisible particles initiate the neurodegenerative process on a cellular level. Scientists hope to investigate whether blocking the brain’s inflammatory response might slow or stop the damage caused by inhaled pollutants. Further studies could also look at how agricultural chemicals, like pesticides, might combine with air pollution to impact brain health over a lifetime.
The study, “Exposure to Air Pollutants and Lewy Body and Parkinson Disease–Related Dementias,” was authored by Dimitry S. Davydow, Gregory M. Pontone, Michael S. Okun, Melissa J. Armstrong, Theresa Wimberley Böttger, Camila Geels, Lise Marie Frohn, Jørgen Brandt, Julie Werenberg Dreier, Jakob Christensen, Carsten Bøcker Pedersen, and Henriette Thisted Horsdal.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #AirPollutionAndDementia #LewyBodyDementia #ParkinsonsDiseaseDementia #ALPHA-Synuclein #NeurodegenerativeDisease #CleanAirHealthyBrain #ParticulateMatter #NitrogenDioxide #EnvironmentalHealth #BrainHealthMatters
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DATE: May 15, 2026 at 12:00PM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Common air pollutants are linked to higher risks of Lewy body and Parkinson’s dementias
Breathing in common air pollutants over many years may substantially raise a person’s risk of developing certain neurodegenerative diseases, pointing to an environmental driver for cognitive decline. A new study published in JAMA Network Open found that prolonged exposure to fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide is linked to higher rates of Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s disease dementia. These results suggest that improving air quality could serve as a preventative measure to protect brain health in aging populations.
Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s disease dementia are related neurological conditions that severely impact memory, thinking, and behavior. Both disorders involve the abnormal buildup of a specific protein called alpha-synuclein in the brain. Proteins are the microscopic structures that carry out essential functions inside our cells. When these proteins misfold and clump together, they disrupt normal cellular activity and eventually cause brain cells to die.
In Lewy body dementia, these protein clumps typically cause early cognitive problems, visual hallucinations, and unpredictable shifts in alertness. In Parkinson’s disease, the damage initially affects movement, causing tremors and stiffness, but many patients eventually develop dementia as the disease spreads through the brain. Researchers want to identify environmental triggers that might cause this destructive protein buildup. If external factors contribute to these diseases, modifying our environment might help prevent the onset of symptoms.
Dimitry S. Davydow, a psychiatrist and researcher at the University of Florida College of Medicine, led the investigation into these environmental factors. He collaborated with Gregory M. Pontone, a psychiatrist at the University of Florida, along with a team of environmental scientists and epidemiologists from Aarhus University in Denmark. They aimed to track pollution exposure over a long period to see how it affected older adults. The research team focused specifically on two ubiquitous pollutants found in nearly all modern cities.
The first pollutant, fine particulate matter, consists of tiny airborne particles that are much thinner than a single human hair. Because they are so small, these particles can be inhaled deep into the lungs and easily pass into the bloodstream. The second pollutant is nitrogen dioxide, a toxic, reddish-brown gas. Both of these substances are primarily generated by combustion processes, such as the burning of fossil fuels in car engines and power plants.
The brain is usually protected from harmful substances in the blood by a strict biological filter known as the blood-brain barrier. Some incredibly small particles and gases can bypass this defense system and enter brain tissue directly. Once inside, these pollutants might trigger an aggressive immune response from the brain’s defense cells. Chronic inflammation resulting from this immune response can damage neurons and potentially encourage proteins to misfold.
Another possible entry point for these pollutants is the human nose. The olfactory system, which handles the sense of smell, provides a direct neural path from the outside environment to the brain. People who develop Lewy body dementia or Parkinson’s disease often lose their sense of smell early in the disease process. High levels of air pollution are also associated with a weakened ability to smell, suggesting the nasal cavity could be a gateway for toxic particles.
To investigate these patterns, the research team analyzed national health and population records from Denmark. They gathered de-identified data covering more than two million Danish citizens aged 65 to 95 between the years 2001 and 2021. Denmark maintains comprehensive health registries that track medical diagnoses and residential addresses for its entire population. This detailed record-keeping allowed the researchers to look far back into the patients’ lives with high accuracy.
From this massive dataset, the researchers identified just over 3,000 people diagnosed with Lewy body dementia. They also found about 3,800 individuals diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease dementia. The investigators matched each of these patients with ten control subjects who did not have either condition. The control subjects were chosen to be the exact same sex and born within fourteen days of the patients they were matched with.
Next, the team had to calculate how much pollution each person had breathed in over time. They used a high-resolution mapping system that models air pollution levels across Denmark on a very localized scale. By combining this environmental data with the historical residential addresses of the subjects, they calculated a ten-year average exposure for each person. This average covered the entire decade right before a dementia diagnosis was recorded.
The researchers adjusted their statistical models to account for a wide variety of background factors that might influence brain health. They included the socioeconomic status of the individuals, such as their highest level of education, employment status, and income bracket. They also factored in the general economic conditions of the subjects’ immediate neighborhoods. Finally, they included detailed medical histories, taking into account other physical illnesses and prior psychiatric conditions.
The data revealed a clear connection between higher pollution levels and increased dementia risk. For every small incremental increase in the concentration of fine particulate matter, the risk of developing Lewy body dementia nearly quadrupled. The same incremental increase in this particulate matter was associated with more than double the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease dementia.
Nitrogen dioxide exposure showed a similar, though slightly less dramatic, pattern in the analysis. A fixed increase in the average concentration of this gas almost doubled a person’s chances of developing Lewy body dementia. For Parkinson’s disease dementia, the elevated gas exposure corresponded to a fourteen percent higher risk. In both cases, the connection to pollution was stronger for Lewy body dementia than for the dementia associated with Parkinson’s disease.
The researchers also grouped the subjects based on their total pollution exposure to look for a consistent dose-response relationship. They compared the people who breathed the dirtiest air to those who enjoyed the cleanest air. The group with the highest exposure to fine particulate matter had more than twice the risk for both types of dementia compared to the lowest exposure group.
“These are pollutants most people are exposed to every day,” said Dimitry S. Davydow, M.D., M.P.H., the Lauren and Lee Fixel Professor at the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health. “They come from things like traffic, shipping and other forms of combustion.”
“While this research does not establish causation, it does show a clear association between air pollution exposure and increased risk of these dementias,” said Gregory Pontone, M.D., M.H.S., the Louis and Roberta Fixel Endowed Chair. “It’s an important step in understanding how environmental factors may contribute to disease development.”
The study relied heavily on diagnoses made in hospitals or specialty clinics, which presents a minor limitation. This means the researchers might have missed milder cases of dementia or patients who never sought specialized medical care. If milder cases were missing from the registries, the exact risk calculations might be slightly underestimated by the final analysis.
The team also lacked access to certain personal details that consistently affect health outcomes in older adults. The national databases do not record lifestyle habits like diet, alcohol consumption, or daily exercise routines. The registries also omit details about specific occupational hazards, meaning the team could not account for people who work in heavily polluted industrial settings.
Additionally, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide are often emitted from the exact same sources, such as highway traffic. Because the two pollutants frequently exist together in the air, it is incredibly difficult to separate their individual effects on the human body. The researchers noted that these elements might work together simultaneously to cause neurological harm.
Future research could explore exactly how these invisible particles initiate the neurodegenerative process on a cellular level. Scientists hope to investigate whether blocking the brain’s inflammatory response might slow or stop the damage caused by inhaled pollutants. Further studies could also look at how agricultural chemicals, like pesticides, might combine with air pollution to impact brain health over a lifetime.
The study, “Exposure to Air Pollutants and Lewy Body and Parkinson Disease–Related Dementias,” was authored by Dimitry S. Davydow, Gregory M. Pontone, Michael S. Okun, Melissa J. Armstrong, Theresa Wimberley Böttger, Camila Geels, Lise Marie Frohn, Jørgen Brandt, Julie Werenberg Dreier, Jakob Christensen, Carsten Bøcker Pedersen, and Henriette Thisted Horsdal.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #AirPollutionAndDementia #LewyBodyDementia #ParkinsonsDiseaseDementia #ALPHA-Synuclein #NeurodegenerativeDisease #CleanAirHealthyBrain #ParticulateMatter #NitrogenDioxide #EnvironmentalHealth #BrainHealthMatters
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DATE: May 15, 2026 at 12:00PM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Common air pollutants are linked to higher risks of Lewy body and Parkinson’s dementias
Breathing in common air pollutants over many years may substantially raise a person’s risk of developing certain neurodegenerative diseases, pointing to an environmental driver for cognitive decline. A new study published in JAMA Network Open found that prolonged exposure to fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide is linked to higher rates of Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s disease dementia. These results suggest that improving air quality could serve as a preventative measure to protect brain health in aging populations.
Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s disease dementia are related neurological conditions that severely impact memory, thinking, and behavior. Both disorders involve the abnormal buildup of a specific protein called alpha-synuclein in the brain. Proteins are the microscopic structures that carry out essential functions inside our cells. When these proteins misfold and clump together, they disrupt normal cellular activity and eventually cause brain cells to die.
In Lewy body dementia, these protein clumps typically cause early cognitive problems, visual hallucinations, and unpredictable shifts in alertness. In Parkinson’s disease, the damage initially affects movement, causing tremors and stiffness, but many patients eventually develop dementia as the disease spreads through the brain. Researchers want to identify environmental triggers that might cause this destructive protein buildup. If external factors contribute to these diseases, modifying our environment might help prevent the onset of symptoms.
Dimitry S. Davydow, a psychiatrist and researcher at the University of Florida College of Medicine, led the investigation into these environmental factors. He collaborated with Gregory M. Pontone, a psychiatrist at the University of Florida, along with a team of environmental scientists and epidemiologists from Aarhus University in Denmark. They aimed to track pollution exposure over a long period to see how it affected older adults. The research team focused specifically on two ubiquitous pollutants found in nearly all modern cities.
The first pollutant, fine particulate matter, consists of tiny airborne particles that are much thinner than a single human hair. Because they are so small, these particles can be inhaled deep into the lungs and easily pass into the bloodstream. The second pollutant is nitrogen dioxide, a toxic, reddish-brown gas. Both of these substances are primarily generated by combustion processes, such as the burning of fossil fuels in car engines and power plants.
The brain is usually protected from harmful substances in the blood by a strict biological filter known as the blood-brain barrier. Some incredibly small particles and gases can bypass this defense system and enter brain tissue directly. Once inside, these pollutants might trigger an aggressive immune response from the brain’s defense cells. Chronic inflammation resulting from this immune response can damage neurons and potentially encourage proteins to misfold.
Another possible entry point for these pollutants is the human nose. The olfactory system, which handles the sense of smell, provides a direct neural path from the outside environment to the brain. People who develop Lewy body dementia or Parkinson’s disease often lose their sense of smell early in the disease process. High levels of air pollution are also associated with a weakened ability to smell, suggesting the nasal cavity could be a gateway for toxic particles.
To investigate these patterns, the research team analyzed national health and population records from Denmark. They gathered de-identified data covering more than two million Danish citizens aged 65 to 95 between the years 2001 and 2021. Denmark maintains comprehensive health registries that track medical diagnoses and residential addresses for its entire population. This detailed record-keeping allowed the researchers to look far back into the patients’ lives with high accuracy.
From this massive dataset, the researchers identified just over 3,000 people diagnosed with Lewy body dementia. They also found about 3,800 individuals diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease dementia. The investigators matched each of these patients with ten control subjects who did not have either condition. The control subjects were chosen to be the exact same sex and born within fourteen days of the patients they were matched with.
Next, the team had to calculate how much pollution each person had breathed in over time. They used a high-resolution mapping system that models air pollution levels across Denmark on a very localized scale. By combining this environmental data with the historical residential addresses of the subjects, they calculated a ten-year average exposure for each person. This average covered the entire decade right before a dementia diagnosis was recorded.
The researchers adjusted their statistical models to account for a wide variety of background factors that might influence brain health. They included the socioeconomic status of the individuals, such as their highest level of education, employment status, and income bracket. They also factored in the general economic conditions of the subjects’ immediate neighborhoods. Finally, they included detailed medical histories, taking into account other physical illnesses and prior psychiatric conditions.
The data revealed a clear connection between higher pollution levels and increased dementia risk. For every small incremental increase in the concentration of fine particulate matter, the risk of developing Lewy body dementia nearly quadrupled. The same incremental increase in this particulate matter was associated with more than double the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease dementia.
Nitrogen dioxide exposure showed a similar, though slightly less dramatic, pattern in the analysis. A fixed increase in the average concentration of this gas almost doubled a person’s chances of developing Lewy body dementia. For Parkinson’s disease dementia, the elevated gas exposure corresponded to a fourteen percent higher risk. In both cases, the connection to pollution was stronger for Lewy body dementia than for the dementia associated with Parkinson’s disease.
The researchers also grouped the subjects based on their total pollution exposure to look for a consistent dose-response relationship. They compared the people who breathed the dirtiest air to those who enjoyed the cleanest air. The group with the highest exposure to fine particulate matter had more than twice the risk for both types of dementia compared to the lowest exposure group.
“These are pollutants most people are exposed to every day,” said Dimitry S. Davydow, M.D., M.P.H., the Lauren and Lee Fixel Professor at the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health. “They come from things like traffic, shipping and other forms of combustion.”
“While this research does not establish causation, it does show a clear association between air pollution exposure and increased risk of these dementias,” said Gregory Pontone, M.D., M.H.S., the Louis and Roberta Fixel Endowed Chair. “It’s an important step in understanding how environmental factors may contribute to disease development.”
The study relied heavily on diagnoses made in hospitals or specialty clinics, which presents a minor limitation. This means the researchers might have missed milder cases of dementia or patients who never sought specialized medical care. If milder cases were missing from the registries, the exact risk calculations might be slightly underestimated by the final analysis.
The team also lacked access to certain personal details that consistently affect health outcomes in older adults. The national databases do not record lifestyle habits like diet, alcohol consumption, or daily exercise routines. The registries also omit details about specific occupational hazards, meaning the team could not account for people who work in heavily polluted industrial settings.
Additionally, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide are often emitted from the exact same sources, such as highway traffic. Because the two pollutants frequently exist together in the air, it is incredibly difficult to separate their individual effects on the human body. The researchers noted that these elements might work together simultaneously to cause neurological harm.
Future research could explore exactly how these invisible particles initiate the neurodegenerative process on a cellular level. Scientists hope to investigate whether blocking the brain’s inflammatory response might slow or stop the damage caused by inhaled pollutants. Further studies could also look at how agricultural chemicals, like pesticides, might combine with air pollution to impact brain health over a lifetime.
The study, “Exposure to Air Pollutants and Lewy Body and Parkinson Disease–Related Dementias,” was authored by Dimitry S. Davydow, Gregory M. Pontone, Michael S. Okun, Melissa J. Armstrong, Theresa Wimberley Böttger, Camila Geels, Lise Marie Frohn, Jørgen Brandt, Julie Werenberg Dreier, Jakob Christensen, Carsten Bøcker Pedersen, and Henriette Thisted Horsdal.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #AirPollutionAndDementia #LewyBodyDementia #ParkinsonsDiseaseDementia #ALPHA-Synuclein #NeurodegenerativeDisease #CleanAirHealthyBrain #ParticulateMatter #NitrogenDioxide #EnvironmentalHealth #BrainHealthMatters
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Air quality improving in Europe but more effort needed: report
Air quality in Europe is improving but more effort is needed to reach the European Union’s 2030 targets,…
#Europe #EU #airpollution #EUmemberstates #EuropeanEnvironmentAgency #EuropeanUnion #fineparticulatematter #nitrogendioxide
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YT comments can be aggravating, but I read them anyway because occasionally some interactions are rewarding.
I noticed in the comments on this video there seem to be a number of people who claim that burning methane only emits CO2.
Here is my response:
Burning methane at high temperatures causes a reaction between nitrogen and oxygen in the air which produces nitrogen oxides, including nitrogen dioxide.
Another commenter got into a dispute with me about the exact temperature of combustion in these specific turbines - so I looked into it. TIME magazine did an investigation and asked Univ of Tenn Knoxville researchers to measure air pollution levels around the facility using satellite data. Quote from the article: "They found that average concentrations of nitrogen dioxide have increased by 3% when comparing the periods before June 2024 and afterward. They also found that peak nitrogen dioxide concentration levels have increased by 79% from pre-xAI levels in areas immediately surrounding the data center, and by 9% in nearby Boxtown.
Because high concentrations of air pollutants pose greater health risks than lower concentrations, the researchers said, focusing on these spikes—rather than just averages—offers more meaningful insight into potential health impacts. "
Typically, scrubbers are installed at gas power plants to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions. An article from CNBC reported : "While xAI had previously told Memphis regulators that its turbines would include state-of-the-art pollution controls, known as selective catalytic reduction technology, its supplier, Solaris Energy Infrastructure
told CNBC in June that it did not install such controls in xAI’s “temporary” turbines."TIME magazine article:
https://time.com/7308925/elon-musk-memphis-ai-data-center/CNBC article:
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/16/musks-xai-faces-tougher-road-expanding-memphis-area-after-epa-update.html#AirPollution #NaturalGas #Memphis #DataCenters #Grok #Colossus #NitrogenDioxide
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TEMPO Air Quality Monitoring: Three Example Cases
#Dust #Emissions #Formaldehyde #NitrogenDioxide #Pollution #TroposphericOzone #Wildfires #aerosols
⏩ 1 new picture and 1 new video from NASA (SVS) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=6&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20250704125931
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TEMPO Air Quality Monitoring: Three Example Cases
#Dust #Emissions #Formaldehyde #NitrogenDioxide #Pollution #TroposphericOzone #Wildfires #aerosols
⏩ 1 new picture and 1 new video from NASA (SVS) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=6&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20250704125931
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGXPesSleRA&pp=0gcJCYQJAYcqIYzv
'Musk Is Scamming the City of #Memphis': Meet Two Brothers Fighting #Colossus, Musk's #xAI #Data Center
#KeShaunPearson, executive director of #MemphisCommunityAgainstPollution
State Rep. #JustinJPearson, District 86
#AdolphMusk #EnvironmentalRacism #TN #Tennessee #NitrogenDioxide #Tech #BillionairesSUCK #Electrolux #EnvironmentalJusticeNOW #Formaldehyde #PaulYoung 🤮 #LeeHarris 🤮
PressConference today at 4.30 pm Tennessee time
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGXPesSleRA&pp=0gcJCYQJAYcqIYzv
'Musk Is Scamming the City of #Memphis': Meet Two Brothers Fighting #Colossus, Musk's #xAI #Data Center
#KeShaunPearson, executive director of #MemphisCommunityAgainstPollution
State Rep. #JustinJPearson, District 86
#AdolphMusk #EnvironmentalRacism #TN #Tennessee #NitrogenDioxide #Tech #BillionairesSUCK #Electrolux #EnvironmentalJusticeNOW #Formaldehyde #PaulYoung 🤮 #LeeHarris 🤮
PressConference today at 4.30 pm Tennessee time
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGXPesSleRA&pp=0gcJCYQJAYcqIYzv
'Musk Is Scamming the City of #Memphis': Meet Two Brothers Fighting #Colossus, Musk's #xAI #Data Center
#KeShaunPearson, executive director of #MemphisCommunityAgainstPollution
State Rep. #JustinJPearson, District 86
#AdolphMusk #EnvironmentalRacism #TN #Tennessee #NitrogenDioxide #Tech #BillionairesSUCK #Electrolux #EnvironmentalJusticeNOW #Formaldehyde #PaulYoung 🤮 #LeeHarris 🤮
PressConference today at 4.30 pm Tennessee time
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGXPesSleRA&pp=0gcJCYQJAYcqIYzv
'Musk Is Scamming the City of #Memphis': Meet Two Brothers Fighting #Colossus, Musk's #xAI #Data Center
#KeShaunPearson, executive director of #MemphisCommunityAgainstPollution
State Rep. #JustinJPearson, District 86
#AdolphMusk #EnvironmentalRacism #TN #Tennessee #NitrogenDioxide #Tech #BillionairesSUCK #Electrolux #EnvironmentalJusticeNOW #Formaldehyde #PaulYoung 🤮 #LeeHarris 🤮
PressConference today at 4.30 pm Tennessee time
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGXPesSleRA&pp=0gcJCYQJAYcqIYzv
'Musk Is Scamming the City of #Memphis': Meet Two Brothers Fighting #Colossus, Musk's #xAI #Data Center
#KeShaunPearson, executive director of #MemphisCommunityAgainstPollution
State Rep. #JustinJPearson, District 86
#AdolphMusk #EnvironmentalRacism #TN #Tennessee #NitrogenDioxide #Tech #BillionairesSUCK #Electrolux #EnvironmentalJusticeNOW #Formaldehyde #PaulYoung 🤮 #LeeHarris 🤮
PressConference today at 4.30 pm Tennessee time
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London Begins to Breathe Better
A study by the Greater London Authority has shown that the city’s levels of lethal pollutants have substantially decreased since the expansion of the UK capital’s ultra low emission zone (Ulez).
The London-wide zone covers nine million people across 1500 km2, the world’s largest zone of its kind.
The report shows that not only have deprived areas seen some of the biggest improvements but air quality has improved in all areas and at a faster rate than the rest of the country.
Nitrogen dioxide is down 27% since Ulez first came in in 2019. PM2.5’s (small particle emissions) are down 31% in outer London compared to what would have been without the Ulez expansion.
Speaking to the Guardian, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan said, “When I was first elected, evidence showed it would take 193 years to bring London’s air pollution within legal limits if the current efforts continued. However, due to our transformative policies we are now close to achieving it this year.”
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How #AirPollution is causing girls to get their first #periods earlier
New research shows that girls in the US are getting their first periods earlier. Exposure to toxic air is partly to blame.
By David Cox, June 4, 2024
"The same trend has also been noted around the world. South Korean scientists have described with some alarm how the number of girls displaying signs of precocious puberty – either breast development or #menstruation before the age of eight - increased 16-fold between 2008 and 2020.
"We're also seeing that these decreasing ages at puberty are even more pronounced in lower socioeconomic status groups, and ethnic minority groups," says Audrey Gaskins, an associate professor at Emory University in Atlanta, the US. "This has important implications for long-term health."
Researchers like Gaskins are primarily concerned that beginning puberty earlier might trigger a cascade of events which have far-reaching consequences later in adulthood. Emerging data suggests that it may not only curtail the fertility window, particularly if these women then enter menopause sooner, but shorten their lives. Precocious puberty has been repeatedly associated with a higher risk of diseases ranging from breast and ovarian cancers, metabolic syndromes such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease."
By David Cox, June 4, 2024
"For several decades, scientists around the world have become increasingly concerned by signs that girls are entering puberty at a much younger age compared with previous generations.
From when girls experience their first period, something which scientists term the age of menarche, to commencing breast development, these seminal changes marking the onset of adolescence appear to be taking place progressively sooner.
"American girls today have been estimated to start menstruation up to four years earlier compared to girls living a century ago. In May, new data showed that while girls born between 1950 and 1969 typically began menstruating at 12.5 years, this decreased to an average of 11.9 years for the generation born in the early 2000s.
"The same trend has also been noted around the world. South Korean scientists have described with some alarm how the number of girls displaying signs of precocious puberty – either breast development or menstruation before the age of eight - increased 16-fold between 2008 and 2020.
"'We're also seeing that these decreasing ages at puberty are even more pronounced in lower socioeconomic status groups, and ethnic minority groups,' says Audrey Gaskins, an associate professor at Emory University in Atlanta, the US. 'This has important implications for long-term health.'
"Researchers like Gaskins are primarily concerned that beginning puberty earlier might trigger a cascade of events which have far-reaching consequences later in adulthood. Emerging data suggests that it may not only curtail the fertility window, particularly if these women then enter menopause sooner, but shorten their lives. Precocious puberty has been repeatedly associated with a higher risk of diseases ranging from breast and ovarian cancers, metabolic syndromes such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
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"Some of the major culprits appear to be #ToxicGases such as #SulphurDioxide, #NitrogenDioxide, #CarbonMonoxide and #ozone, all of which are released into the air either through #VehicleEmissions or waste produced by #Manufacturing Plants. In 2022, a study from scientists in Poland, a country known for its poor air quality due to the prevalence of #coal-burning factories, examined data from 1,257 women, and found a link between greater exposure to nitrogen gases and menstruation occurring before the age of 11."
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How #AirPollution is causing girls to get their first #periods earlier
New research shows that girls in the US are getting their first periods earlier. Exposure to toxic air is partly to blame.
By David Cox, June 4, 2024
"The same trend has also been noted around the world. South Korean scientists have described with some alarm how the number of girls displaying signs of precocious puberty – either breast development or #menstruation before the age of eight - increased 16-fold between 2008 and 2020.
"We're also seeing that these decreasing ages at puberty are even more pronounced in lower socioeconomic status groups, and ethnic minority groups," says Audrey Gaskins, an associate professor at Emory University in Atlanta, the US. "This has important implications for long-term health."
Researchers like Gaskins are primarily concerned that beginning puberty earlier might trigger a cascade of events which have far-reaching consequences later in adulthood. Emerging data suggests that it may not only curtail the fertility window, particularly if these women then enter menopause sooner, but shorten their lives. Precocious puberty has been repeatedly associated with a higher risk of diseases ranging from breast and ovarian cancers, metabolic syndromes such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease."
By David Cox, June 4, 2024
"For several decades, scientists around the world have become increasingly concerned by signs that girls are entering puberty at a much younger age compared with previous generations.
From when girls experience their first period, something which scientists term the age of menarche, to commencing breast development, these seminal changes marking the onset of adolescence appear to be taking place progressively sooner.
"American girls today have been estimated to start menstruation up to four years earlier compared to girls living a century ago. In May, new data showed that while girls born between 1950 and 1969 typically began menstruating at 12.5 years, this decreased to an average of 11.9 years for the generation born in the early 2000s.
"The same trend has also been noted around the world. South Korean scientists have described with some alarm how the number of girls displaying signs of precocious puberty – either breast development or menstruation before the age of eight - increased 16-fold between 2008 and 2020.
"'We're also seeing that these decreasing ages at puberty are even more pronounced in lower socioeconomic status groups, and ethnic minority groups,' says Audrey Gaskins, an associate professor at Emory University in Atlanta, the US. 'This has important implications for long-term health.'
"Researchers like Gaskins are primarily concerned that beginning puberty earlier might trigger a cascade of events which have far-reaching consequences later in adulthood. Emerging data suggests that it may not only curtail the fertility window, particularly if these women then enter menopause sooner, but shorten their lives. Precocious puberty has been repeatedly associated with a higher risk of diseases ranging from breast and ovarian cancers, metabolic syndromes such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
[...]
"Some of the major culprits appear to be #ToxicGases such as #SulphurDioxide, #NitrogenDioxide, #CarbonMonoxide and #ozone, all of which are released into the air either through #VehicleEmissions or waste produced by #Manufacturing Plants. In 2022, a study from scientists in Poland, a country known for its poor air quality due to the prevalence of #coal-burning factories, examined data from 1,257 women, and found a link between greater exposure to nitrogen gases and menstruation occurring before the age of 11."
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How #AirPollution is causing girls to get their first #periods earlier
New research shows that girls in the US are getting their first periods earlier. Exposure to toxic air is partly to blame.
By David Cox, June 4, 2024
"The same trend has also been noted around the world. South Korean scientists have described with some alarm how the number of girls displaying signs of precocious puberty – either breast development or #menstruation before the age of eight - increased 16-fold between 2008 and 2020.
"We're also seeing that these decreasing ages at puberty are even more pronounced in lower socioeconomic status groups, and ethnic minority groups," says Audrey Gaskins, an associate professor at Emory University in Atlanta, the US. "This has important implications for long-term health."
Researchers like Gaskins are primarily concerned that beginning puberty earlier might trigger a cascade of events which have far-reaching consequences later in adulthood. Emerging data suggests that it may not only curtail the fertility window, particularly if these women then enter menopause sooner, but shorten their lives. Precocious puberty has been repeatedly associated with a higher risk of diseases ranging from breast and ovarian cancers, metabolic syndromes such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease."
By David Cox, June 4, 2024
"For several decades, scientists around the world have become increasingly concerned by signs that girls are entering puberty at a much younger age compared with previous generations.
From when girls experience their first period, something which scientists term the age of menarche, to commencing breast development, these seminal changes marking the onset of adolescence appear to be taking place progressively sooner.
"American girls today have been estimated to start menstruation up to four years earlier compared to girls living a century ago. In May, new data showed that while girls born between 1950 and 1969 typically began menstruating at 12.5 years, this decreased to an average of 11.9 years for the generation born in the early 2000s.
"The same trend has also been noted around the world. South Korean scientists have described with some alarm how the number of girls displaying signs of precocious puberty – either breast development or menstruation before the age of eight - increased 16-fold between 2008 and 2020.
"'We're also seeing that these decreasing ages at puberty are even more pronounced in lower socioeconomic status groups, and ethnic minority groups,' says Audrey Gaskins, an associate professor at Emory University in Atlanta, the US. 'This has important implications for long-term health.'
"Researchers like Gaskins are primarily concerned that beginning puberty earlier might trigger a cascade of events which have far-reaching consequences later in adulthood. Emerging data suggests that it may not only curtail the fertility window, particularly if these women then enter menopause sooner, but shorten their lives. Precocious puberty has been repeatedly associated with a higher risk of diseases ranging from breast and ovarian cancers, metabolic syndromes such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
[...]
"Some of the major culprits appear to be #ToxicGases such as #SulphurDioxide, #NitrogenDioxide, #CarbonMonoxide and #ozone, all of which are released into the air either through #VehicleEmissions or waste produced by #Manufacturing Plants. In 2022, a study from scientists in Poland, a country known for its poor air quality due to the prevalence of #coal-burning factories, examined data from 1,257 women, and found a link between greater exposure to nitrogen gases and menstruation occurring before the age of 11."
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How #AirPollution is causing girls to get their first #periods earlier
New research shows that girls in the US are getting their first periods earlier. Exposure to toxic air is partly to blame.
By David Cox, June 4, 2024
"The same trend has also been noted around the world. South Korean scientists have described with some alarm how the number of girls displaying signs of precocious puberty – either breast development or #menstruation before the age of eight - increased 16-fold between 2008 and 2020.
"We're also seeing that these decreasing ages at puberty are even more pronounced in lower socioeconomic status groups, and ethnic minority groups," says Audrey Gaskins, an associate professor at Emory University in Atlanta, the US. "This has important implications for long-term health."
Researchers like Gaskins are primarily concerned that beginning puberty earlier might trigger a cascade of events which have far-reaching consequences later in adulthood. Emerging data suggests that it may not only curtail the fertility window, particularly if these women then enter menopause sooner, but shorten their lives. Precocious puberty has been repeatedly associated with a higher risk of diseases ranging from breast and ovarian cancers, metabolic syndromes such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease."
By David Cox, June 4, 2024
"For several decades, scientists around the world have become increasingly concerned by signs that girls are entering puberty at a much younger age compared with previous generations.
From when girls experience their first period, something which scientists term the age of menarche, to commencing breast development, these seminal changes marking the onset of adolescence appear to be taking place progressively sooner.
"American girls today have been estimated to start menstruation up to four years earlier compared to girls living a century ago. In May, new data showed that while girls born between 1950 and 1969 typically began menstruating at 12.5 years, this decreased to an average of 11.9 years for the generation born in the early 2000s.
"The same trend has also been noted around the world. South Korean scientists have described with some alarm how the number of girls displaying signs of precocious puberty – either breast development or menstruation before the age of eight - increased 16-fold between 2008 and 2020.
"'We're also seeing that these decreasing ages at puberty are even more pronounced in lower socioeconomic status groups, and ethnic minority groups,' says Audrey Gaskins, an associate professor at Emory University in Atlanta, the US. 'This has important implications for long-term health.'
"Researchers like Gaskins are primarily concerned that beginning puberty earlier might trigger a cascade of events which have far-reaching consequences later in adulthood. Emerging data suggests that it may not only curtail the fertility window, particularly if these women then enter menopause sooner, but shorten their lives. Precocious puberty has been repeatedly associated with a higher risk of diseases ranging from breast and ovarian cancers, metabolic syndromes such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
[...]
"Some of the major culprits appear to be #ToxicGases such as #SulphurDioxide, #NitrogenDioxide, #CarbonMonoxide and #ozone, all of which are released into the air either through #VehicleEmissions or waste produced by #Manufacturing Plants. In 2022, a study from scientists in Poland, a country known for its poor air quality due to the prevalence of #coal-burning factories, examined data from 1,257 women, and found a link between greater exposure to nitrogen gases and menstruation occurring before the age of 11."
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How #AirPollution is causing girls to get their first #periods earlier
New research shows that girls in the US are getting their first periods earlier. Exposure to toxic air is partly to blame.
By David Cox, June 4, 2024
"The same trend has also been noted around the world. South Korean scientists have described with some alarm how the number of girls displaying signs of precocious puberty – either breast development or #menstruation before the age of eight - increased 16-fold between 2008 and 2020.
"We're also seeing that these decreasing ages at puberty are even more pronounced in lower socioeconomic status groups, and ethnic minority groups," says Audrey Gaskins, an associate professor at Emory University in Atlanta, the US. "This has important implications for long-term health."
Researchers like Gaskins are primarily concerned that beginning puberty earlier might trigger a cascade of events which have far-reaching consequences later in adulthood. Emerging data suggests that it may not only curtail the fertility window, particularly if these women then enter menopause sooner, but shorten their lives. Precocious puberty has been repeatedly associated with a higher risk of diseases ranging from breast and ovarian cancers, metabolic syndromes such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease."
By David Cox, June 4, 2024
"For several decades, scientists around the world have become increasingly concerned by signs that girls are entering puberty at a much younger age compared with previous generations.
From when girls experience their first period, something which scientists term the age of menarche, to commencing breast development, these seminal changes marking the onset of adolescence appear to be taking place progressively sooner.
"American girls today have been estimated to start menstruation up to four years earlier compared to girls living a century ago. In May, new data showed that while girls born between 1950 and 1969 typically began menstruating at 12.5 years, this decreased to an average of 11.9 years for the generation born in the early 2000s.
"The same trend has also been noted around the world. South Korean scientists have described with some alarm how the number of girls displaying signs of precocious puberty – either breast development or menstruation before the age of eight - increased 16-fold between 2008 and 2020.
"'We're also seeing that these decreasing ages at puberty are even more pronounced in lower socioeconomic status groups, and ethnic minority groups,' says Audrey Gaskins, an associate professor at Emory University in Atlanta, the US. 'This has important implications for long-term health.'
"Researchers like Gaskins are primarily concerned that beginning puberty earlier might trigger a cascade of events which have far-reaching consequences later in adulthood. Emerging data suggests that it may not only curtail the fertility window, particularly if these women then enter menopause sooner, but shorten their lives. Precocious puberty has been repeatedly associated with a higher risk of diseases ranging from breast and ovarian cancers, metabolic syndromes such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
[...]
"Some of the major culprits appear to be #ToxicGases such as #SulphurDioxide, #NitrogenDioxide, #CarbonMonoxide and #ozone, all of which are released into the air either through #VehicleEmissions or waste produced by #Manufacturing Plants. In 2022, a study from scientists in Poland, a country known for its poor air quality due to the prevalence of #coal-burning factories, examined data from 1,257 women, and found a link between greater exposure to nitrogen gases and menstruation occurring before the age of 11."
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How the EU Plans to Eliminate Air Pollution by 2050
#Health #AirPollution #AirQuality #Europe #EU #CleanAirEU #AirQuality2050 #EUEnvironment #PollutionFreeEU #WHO #NitrogenDioxide #GreenLegislation #HealthyFuture #SulfurDioxide #EUClimateAction
https://the-14.com/how-the-eu-plans-to-eliminate-air-pollution-by-2050/ -
How the EU Plans to Eliminate Air Pollution by 2050
#Health #AirPollution #AirQuality #Europe #EU #CleanAirEU #AirQuality2050 #EUEnvironment #PollutionFreeEU #WHO #NitrogenDioxide #GreenLegislation #HealthyFuture #SulfurDioxide #EUClimateAction
https://the-14.com/how-the-eu-plans-to-eliminate-air-pollution-by-2050/ -
On reading this, I wonder if many politicians can (or want to) fix the many problems that are all interconnected:
"Nitrogen wars: the Dutch farmers’ revolt that turned a nation upside-down" (The long read)
#Netherlands #stikstof #climatecrisis #NitrogenDioxide #farmers #boeren
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Industry Knew—and Hid—Dangers of #GasStoves Over 50 Years Ago
Brett WilkinsMar 07, 2023
"Newly uncovered documents published last week by #DeSmog reveal that the leading #GasIndustry trade group knew over 50 years ago that cooking with gas stoves could harm human #health and tried to cover up the evidence.
"The DeSmog revelations regarding the #AmericanGasAssociation (AGA) came as the gas industry is pushing back against climate and public health advocates' efforts to ban new gas stoves amid mounting scientific evidence that the appliances threaten the warming planet and people's health.
"Recent studies—which, among other things, showed that #NitrogenDioxide, #CarbonMonoxide, and ultrafine particles produced by gas stoves cause a range of health problems, including 1 in 8 U.S. cases of childhood #asthma—sparked fast and furious backlash from the gas industry and its congressional boosters.
"'It's less widely known that the gas industry has long sponsored its own research into the problem of indoor air pollution from gas stoves,' wrote DeSmog's Rebecca John. 'Now, newly discovered documents reveal that the American Gas Association was studying the health and indoor pollution risks from gas stoves as far back as the early 1970s—that they knew much more, at a far earlier date, than has been previously documented.""
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gas-stoves
#BigOilAndGas #BigGasKnew #IndoorAirPollution #ClimateChange
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Industry Knew—and Hid—Dangers of #GasStoves Over 50 Years Ago
Brett WilkinsMar 07, 2023
"Newly uncovered documents published last week by #DeSmog reveal that the leading #GasIndustry trade group knew over 50 years ago that cooking with gas stoves could harm human #health and tried to cover up the evidence.
"The DeSmog revelations regarding the #AmericanGasAssociation (AGA) came as the gas industry is pushing back against climate and public health advocates' efforts to ban new gas stoves amid mounting scientific evidence that the appliances threaten the warming planet and people's health.
"Recent studies—which, among other things, showed that #NitrogenDioxide, #CarbonMonoxide, and ultrafine particles produced by gas stoves cause a range of health problems, including 1 in 8 U.S. cases of childhood #asthma—sparked fast and furious backlash from the gas industry and its congressional boosters.
"'It's less widely known that the gas industry has long sponsored its own research into the problem of indoor air pollution from gas stoves,' wrote DeSmog's Rebecca John. 'Now, newly discovered documents reveal that the American Gas Association was studying the health and indoor pollution risks from gas stoves as far back as the early 1970s—that they knew much more, at a far earlier date, than has been previously documented.""
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gas-stoves
#BigOilAndGas #BigGasKnew #IndoorAirPollution #ClimateChange
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Industry Knew—and Hid—Dangers of #GasStoves Over 50 Years Ago
Brett WilkinsMar 07, 2023
"Newly uncovered documents published last week by #DeSmog reveal that the leading #GasIndustry trade group knew over 50 years ago that cooking with gas stoves could harm human #health and tried to cover up the evidence.
"The DeSmog revelations regarding the #AmericanGasAssociation (AGA) came as the gas industry is pushing back against climate and public health advocates' efforts to ban new gas stoves amid mounting scientific evidence that the appliances threaten the warming planet and people's health.
"Recent studies—which, among other things, showed that #NitrogenDioxide, #CarbonMonoxide, and ultrafine particles produced by gas stoves cause a range of health problems, including 1 in 8 U.S. cases of childhood #asthma—sparked fast and furious backlash from the gas industry and its congressional boosters.
"'It's less widely known that the gas industry has long sponsored its own research into the problem of indoor air pollution from gas stoves,' wrote DeSmog's Rebecca John. 'Now, newly discovered documents reveal that the American Gas Association was studying the health and indoor pollution risks from gas stoves as far back as the early 1970s—that they knew much more, at a far earlier date, than has been previously documented.""
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gas-stoves
#BigOilAndGas #BigGasKnew #IndoorAirPollution #ClimateChange
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Industry Knew—and Hid—Dangers of #GasStoves Over 50 Years Ago
Brett WilkinsMar 07, 2023
"Newly uncovered documents published last week by #DeSmog reveal that the leading #GasIndustry trade group knew over 50 years ago that cooking with gas stoves could harm human #health and tried to cover up the evidence.
"The DeSmog revelations regarding the #AmericanGasAssociation (AGA) came as the gas industry is pushing back against climate and public health advocates' efforts to ban new gas stoves amid mounting scientific evidence that the appliances threaten the warming planet and people's health.
"Recent studies—which, among other things, showed that #NitrogenDioxide, #CarbonMonoxide, and ultrafine particles produced by gas stoves cause a range of health problems, including 1 in 8 U.S. cases of childhood #asthma—sparked fast and furious backlash from the gas industry and its congressional boosters.
"'It's less widely known that the gas industry has long sponsored its own research into the problem of indoor air pollution from gas stoves,' wrote DeSmog's Rebecca John. 'Now, newly discovered documents reveal that the American Gas Association was studying the health and indoor pollution risks from gas stoves as far back as the early 1970s—that they knew much more, at a far earlier date, than has been previously documented.""
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gas-stoves
#BigOilAndGas #BigGasKnew #IndoorAirPollution #ClimateChange
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Industry Knew—and Hid—Dangers of #GasStoves Over 50 Years Ago
Brett WilkinsMar 07, 2023
"Newly uncovered documents published last week by #DeSmog reveal that the leading #GasIndustry trade group knew over 50 years ago that cooking with gas stoves could harm human #health and tried to cover up the evidence.
"The DeSmog revelations regarding the #AmericanGasAssociation (AGA) came as the gas industry is pushing back against climate and public health advocates' efforts to ban new gas stoves amid mounting scientific evidence that the appliances threaten the warming planet and people's health.
"Recent studies—which, among other things, showed that #NitrogenDioxide, #CarbonMonoxide, and ultrafine particles produced by gas stoves cause a range of health problems, including 1 in 8 U.S. cases of childhood #asthma—sparked fast and furious backlash from the gas industry and its congressional boosters.
"'It's less widely known that the gas industry has long sponsored its own research into the problem of indoor air pollution from gas stoves,' wrote DeSmog's Rebecca John. 'Now, newly discovered documents reveal that the American Gas Association was studying the health and indoor pollution risks from gas stoves as far back as the early 1970s—that they knew much more, at a far earlier date, than has been previously documented.""
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gas-stoves
#BigOilAndGas #BigGasKnew #IndoorAirPollution #ClimateChange
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NASA Maps Reveal #Toxic #Emissions Over Major #US Cities
by Adam Kovac, August 24, 2023
"NASA’s new space-based air pollution monitoring system has sent back its first maps, showing #CarTraffic brings down air quality in several #MajorCities.
"The six maps were made from data from the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (#TEMPO), which launched in April. In scans taken over a six-hour period on August 2, high concentrations of #NitrogenDioxide, a toxic #pollutant tied to car and #smokestack emissions, can be seen hovering over #NewYork, #LosAngeles, #LasVegas and #WashingtonDC.
"While the location of #AirPollution shown in the maps isn’t surprising, the data is only the tip of the iceberg for TEMPO, the first space-based instrument designed to continuously monitor air quality over #NorthAmerica. TEMPO principal investigator Kelly Chance said there are currently 50 scientific studies under way that will make use of data generated by the program. The program will truly get underway in October when the instrument will begin transmitting hourly daytime scans."
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NASA Maps Reveal #Toxic #Emissions Over Major #US Cities
by Adam Kovac, August 24, 2023
"NASA’s new space-based air pollution monitoring system has sent back its first maps, showing #CarTraffic brings down air quality in several #MajorCities.
"The six maps were made from data from the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (#TEMPO), which launched in April. In scans taken over a six-hour period on August 2, high concentrations of #NitrogenDioxide, a toxic #pollutant tied to car and #smokestack emissions, can be seen hovering over #NewYork, #LosAngeles, #LasVegas and #WashingtonDC.
"While the location of #AirPollution shown in the maps isn’t surprising, the data is only the tip of the iceberg for TEMPO, the first space-based instrument designed to continuously monitor air quality over #NorthAmerica. TEMPO principal investigator Kelly Chance said there are currently 50 scientific studies under way that will make use of data generated by the program. The program will truly get underway in October when the instrument will begin transmitting hourly daytime scans."
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Air pollution linked to increased risk of non-lung cancers in older adults
Chronic exposure to fine particulate air pollutants (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) may increase non-lung cancer risk in older adults, according to a study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
#toxic #exposure #pollutants #nitrogendioxide #cancer #risk #study #industry #deregulation #profit #death #capitalism #deathcult
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Regardless of politics, culture wars, and regulations, if you have a gas stove and can replace it or encourage your landlord to replace it, do it
We lived with a gas stove when my kids were 2-8. Every winter one of them would develop a cough that lasted at least a month. My oldest was diagnosed with cough variant asthma
After moving to a home with electric stove, respiratory problems disappeared. No asthma. My $0.02
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/climate/gas-stove-pollution-danger.html
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Planned Satellite – TEMPO – Tropospheric Emissions – Monitoring Of Pollution
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https://tempo.si.edu/ <-- Smithsonian Astrophysical page
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https://weather.ndc.nasa.gov/tempo/ <-- NASA page
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #satellite #gischat #TEMPO #tropospheric #emissions #monitoring #pollution #communications #water #cloud #quality #chemistry #solar #Intelsat40e #geostationary #launch #april2023 #NorthAmerica #geospatial #FoR #spectrometer #multispectral #ozone #airpollution #measurement #monitoring #nitrogendioxide #sulfurdioxide #formaldehyde #glyoxal #UVB #troposphere #stratosphere #spatiotemporal #observations #airquality #NASA #Smithsonian -
Planned Satellite – TEMPO – Tropospheric Emissions – Monitoring Of Pollution
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https://tempo.si.edu/ <-- Smithsonian Astrophysical page
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https://weather.ndc.nasa.gov/tempo/ <-- NASA page
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #satellite #gischat #TEMPO #tropospheric #emissions #monitoring #pollution #communications #water #cloud #quality #chemistry #solar #Intelsat40e #geostationary #launch #april2023 #NorthAmerica #geospatial #FoR #spectrometer #multispectral #ozone #airpollution #measurement #monitoring #nitrogendioxide #sulfurdioxide #formaldehyde #glyoxal #UVB #troposphere #stratosphere #spatiotemporal #observations #airquality #NASA #Smithsonian -
Planned Satellite – TEMPO – Tropospheric Emissions – Monitoring Of Pollution
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https://tempo.si.edu/ <-- Smithsonian Astrophysical page
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https://weather.ndc.nasa.gov/tempo/ <-- NASA page
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #satellite #gischat #TEMPO #tropospheric #emissions #monitoring #pollution #communications #water #cloud #quality #chemistry #solar #Intelsat40e #geostationary #launch #april2023 #NorthAmerica #geospatial #FoR #spectrometer #multispectral #ozone #airpollution #measurement #monitoring #nitrogendioxide #sulfurdioxide #formaldehyde #glyoxal #UVB #troposphere #stratosphere #spatiotemporal #observations #airquality #NASA #Smithsonian -
Planned Satellite – TEMPO – Tropospheric Emissions – Monitoring Of Pollution
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https://tempo.si.edu/ <-- Smithsonian Astrophysical page
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https://weather.ndc.nasa.gov/tempo/ <-- NASA page
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #satellite #gischat #TEMPO #tropospheric #emissions #monitoring #pollution #communications #water #cloud #quality #chemistry #solar #Intelsat40e #geostationary #launch #april2023 #NorthAmerica #geospatial #FoR #spectrometer #multispectral #ozone #airpollution #measurement #monitoring #nitrogendioxide #sulfurdioxide #formaldehyde #glyoxal #UVB #troposphere #stratosphere #spatiotemporal #observations #airquality #NASA #Smithsonian -
Planned Satellite – TEMPO – Tropospheric Emissions – Monitoring Of Pollution
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https://tempo.si.edu/ <-- Smithsonian Astrophysical page
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https://weather.ndc.nasa.gov/tempo/ <-- NASA page
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #satellite #gischat #TEMPO #tropospheric #emissions #monitoring #pollution #communications #water #cloud #quality #chemistry #solar #Intelsat40e #geostationary #launch #april2023 #NorthAmerica #geospatial #FoR #spectrometer #multispectral #ozone #airpollution #measurement #monitoring #nitrogendioxide #sulfurdioxide #formaldehyde #glyoxal #UVB #troposphere #stratosphere #spatiotemporal #observations #airquality #NASA #Smithsonian -
More and more research about the dangers of nitrogen dioxide from gas stoves. I can't help but wonder if this is one of the reasons that Taiwanese women (including nonsmokers) have such high levels of lung cancer? Moreover, it seems that mechanical ventilation doesn't do much to help reduce #NO2 pollution in the home.
Links to follow.