#vocs — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #vocs, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.europesays.com/at/426345/ Krankheiten am Körpergeruch erkennen? Neue Lasertechnik soll bei der Diagnose helfen #AT #Austria #COVID19 #FraunhoferIIS #Früherkennung #Gesundheit #Health #Körpergeruch #Krankheiten #Krankheitsdiagnose #Lasertechnik #MedizinischeDiagnostik #Nasenabstrich #Österreich #Parkinson #SmartUpNews #TUDresden #VOCs
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New publication: Volatile organic compound-mediated conversation in #soil. #VOCs #soilmicrobiology #root #microbe
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03685-8 -
New publication: Volatile organic compound-mediated conversation in #soil. #VOCs #soilmicrobiology #root #microbe
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03685-8 -
New publication: Volatile organic compound-mediated conversation in #soil. #VOCs #soilmicrobiology #root #microbe
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03685-8 -
New publication: Volatile organic compound-mediated conversation in #soil. #VOCs #soilmicrobiology #root #microbe
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03685-8 -
TorStar tested the viral ‘squishy dumpling’ toys for VOCs:
"Upon opening the packaging, we could smell a pungent odour similar to paint thinner or glue, from every toy. After letting them off-gas in a bag, we measured VOC levels above 20 parts per million (ppm) in every sample. ...
If you buy squishy dumplings, Bozek recommends letting them sit out of their package for at least a week to let most of the VOCs disperse."https://www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?t=ec263d8c-b6b7-4550-8972-96cb3b392944
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TorStar tested the viral ‘squishy dumpling’ toys for VOCs:
"Upon opening the packaging, we could smell a pungent odour similar to paint thinner or glue, from every toy. After letting them off-gas in a bag, we measured VOC levels above 20 parts per million (ppm) in every sample. ...
If you buy squishy dumplings, Bozek recommends letting them sit out of their package for at least a week to let most of the VOCs disperse."https://www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?t=ec263d8c-b6b7-4550-8972-96cb3b392944
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TorStar tested the viral ‘squishy dumpling’ toys for VOCs:
"Upon opening the packaging, we could smell a pungent odour similar to paint thinner or glue, from every toy. After letting them off-gas in a bag, we measured VOC levels above 20 parts per million (ppm) in every sample. ...
If you buy squishy dumplings, Bozek recommends letting them sit out of their package for at least a week to let most of the VOCs disperse."https://www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?t=ec263d8c-b6b7-4550-8972-96cb3b392944
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TorStar tested the viral ‘squishy dumpling’ toys for VOCs:
"Upon opening the packaging, we could smell a pungent odour similar to paint thinner or glue, from every toy. After letting them off-gas in a bag, we measured VOC levels above 20 parts per million (ppm) in every sample. ...
If you buy squishy dumplings, Bozek recommends letting them sit out of their package for at least a week to let most of the VOCs disperse."https://www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?t=ec263d8c-b6b7-4550-8972-96cb3b392944
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Should We All Be ‘#HouseBurping’?
The German practice of “#lüften” is gaining traction on social media. It may improve your home #AirQuality.
By Dorie Chevlen, Jan. 29, 2026
Excerpt: "Experts say lüften actually works. The Environmental Protection Agency recommends opening windows to reduce the concentration of volatile organic compounds [#VOCs] in the home, which are released by a vast array of household items, including furniture, mattresses, cosmetics and cleaning products. These compounds can cause adverse reactions like headaches, itchy eyes and breathing problems.
"According to Dr. Parham Azimi, research associate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, there’s also reason to believe airing out a home regularly could help control household #mold. In his research, keeping windows closed correlated with a higher likelihood of mold.
"Dr. Joshua Nosanchuk, a professor and microbiology researcher at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an infectious disease physician at Montefiore Health System, said that better #ventilation could eliminate many airborne toxins that cause people irritation in the U.S. 'Part of the problem is that we hermetically seal our houses. We don’t want the air conditioning to get out and we don’t want the heat to get it out,' he said. 'No one opens their windows.' "
Learn more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/realestate/what-is-house-burping-luften.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/pWByt#SolarPunkSunday #FreshAir #Nature #VentilateYourHomes #AirExchange
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Should We All Be ‘#HouseBurping’?
The German practice of “#lüften” is gaining traction on social media. It may improve your home #AirQuality.
By Dorie Chevlen, Jan. 29, 2026
Excerpt: "Experts say lüften actually works. The Environmental Protection Agency recommends opening windows to reduce the concentration of volatile organic compounds [#VOCs] in the home, which are released by a vast array of household items, including furniture, mattresses, cosmetics and cleaning products. These compounds can cause adverse reactions like headaches, itchy eyes and breathing problems.
"According to Dr. Parham Azimi, research associate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, there’s also reason to believe airing out a home regularly could help control household #mold. In his research, keeping windows closed correlated with a higher likelihood of mold.
"Dr. Joshua Nosanchuk, a professor and microbiology researcher at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an infectious disease physician at Montefiore Health System, said that better #ventilation could eliminate many airborne toxins that cause people irritation in the U.S. 'Part of the problem is that we hermetically seal our houses. We don’t want the air conditioning to get out and we don’t want the heat to get it out,' he said. 'No one opens their windows.' "
Learn more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/realestate/what-is-house-burping-luften.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/pWByt#SolarPunkSunday #FreshAir #Nature #VentilateYourHomes #AirExchange
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Should We All Be ‘#HouseBurping’?
The German practice of “#lüften” is gaining traction on social media. It may improve your home #AirQuality.
By Dorie Chevlen, Jan. 29, 2026
Excerpt: "Experts say lüften actually works. The Environmental Protection Agency recommends opening windows to reduce the concentration of volatile organic compounds [#VOCs] in the home, which are released by a vast array of household items, including furniture, mattresses, cosmetics and cleaning products. These compounds can cause adverse reactions like headaches, itchy eyes and breathing problems.
"According to Dr. Parham Azimi, research associate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, there’s also reason to believe airing out a home regularly could help control household #mold. In his research, keeping windows closed correlated with a higher likelihood of mold.
"Dr. Joshua Nosanchuk, a professor and microbiology researcher at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an infectious disease physician at Montefiore Health System, said that better #ventilation could eliminate many airborne toxins that cause people irritation in the U.S. 'Part of the problem is that we hermetically seal our houses. We don’t want the air conditioning to get out and we don’t want the heat to get it out,' he said. 'No one opens their windows.' "
Learn more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/realestate/what-is-house-burping-luften.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/pWByt#SolarPunkSunday #FreshAir #Nature #VentilateYourHomes #AirExchange
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Should We All Be ‘#HouseBurping’?
The German practice of “#lüften” is gaining traction on social media. It may improve your home #AirQuality.
By Dorie Chevlen, Jan. 29, 2026
Excerpt: "Experts say lüften actually works. The Environmental Protection Agency recommends opening windows to reduce the concentration of volatile organic compounds [#VOCs] in the home, which are released by a vast array of household items, including furniture, mattresses, cosmetics and cleaning products. These compounds can cause adverse reactions like headaches, itchy eyes and breathing problems.
"According to Dr. Parham Azimi, research associate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, there’s also reason to believe airing out a home regularly could help control household #mold. In his research, keeping windows closed correlated with a higher likelihood of mold.
"Dr. Joshua Nosanchuk, a professor and microbiology researcher at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an infectious disease physician at Montefiore Health System, said that better #ventilation could eliminate many airborne toxins that cause people irritation in the U.S. 'Part of the problem is that we hermetically seal our houses. We don’t want the air conditioning to get out and we don’t want the heat to get it out,' he said. 'No one opens their windows.' "
Learn more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/realestate/what-is-house-burping-luften.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/pWByt#SolarPunkSunday #FreshAir #Nature #VentilateYourHomes #AirExchange
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6 Things to Know About Sheep’s #WoolInsulation
When it’s time to update your home’s insulation, consider what sheep’s wool has to offer.
By Alexa Erickson, Mar 24, 2021
"Sheep’s wool insulation uses a natural fiber base.
Among the most popular insulation materials today are #fiberglass and #rockwool (also known as mineral wool). Both consist of man-made fibers spun from, as their names suggest, molten glass or minerals such as basalt or diabase. While these insulation types are considered safe by institutes such as the U.S. National Toxicology Program and the International Agency for Research on Cancer, they do contain synthetic, hairlike fibers that can break off and become airborne during installation. They also contain #formaldehyde, which is known to release volatile organic compounds (#VOCs) into the air. Both airborne fibers and formaldehyde can irritate the skin and lungs, and long-term exposure to formaldehyde may cause some types of cancer. Even spray foam insulation can be especially dangerous due to the high level of VOCs that off-gas into the air during installation and before it cures completely.
Sheep’s wool insulation starts as sheared wool that grows naturally on sheep—often wool that is deemed too coarse to make into clothing or other fabric. It is important to note, however, that it is common manufacturing practice to treat sheep’s wool insulation with additives such as boric acid to repel insects and further reduce flammability. Ammonium sulfates may also be added as a fire retardant. So while the base material is inherently natural, the sheep’s wool insulation end product is also not completely free of toxins. Both additives are considered poisonous if ingested and can cause irritation to the skin, eyes, nose, and throat. Moreover, boric acid is classified as a reproductive toxin by the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation in Europe. [Boric acid does not pollute like #PFAS though]
When installing any type of insulation in your home, always use caution and wear the protective gear recommended by the insulation manufacturer."
Learn more:
https://www.bobvila.com/articles/sheeps-wool-insulation/#SolarPunkSunday #Insulation #AnimalProducts #Wool #SprayFoamAlternatives #FiberglassAlternatives #SyntheticAlternatives
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6 Things to Know About Sheep’s #WoolInsulation
When it’s time to update your home’s insulation, consider what sheep’s wool has to offer.
By Alexa Erickson, Mar 24, 2021
"Sheep’s wool insulation uses a natural fiber base.
Among the most popular insulation materials today are #fiberglass and #rockwool (also known as mineral wool). Both consist of man-made fibers spun from, as their names suggest, molten glass or minerals such as basalt or diabase. While these insulation types are considered safe by institutes such as the U.S. National Toxicology Program and the International Agency for Research on Cancer, they do contain synthetic, hairlike fibers that can break off and become airborne during installation. They also contain #formaldehyde, which is known to release volatile organic compounds (#VOCs) into the air. Both airborne fibers and formaldehyde can irritate the skin and lungs, and long-term exposure to formaldehyde may cause some types of cancer. Even spray foam insulation can be especially dangerous due to the high level of VOCs that off-gas into the air during installation and before it cures completely.
Sheep’s wool insulation starts as sheared wool that grows naturally on sheep—often wool that is deemed too coarse to make into clothing or other fabric. It is important to note, however, that it is common manufacturing practice to treat sheep’s wool insulation with additives such as boric acid to repel insects and further reduce flammability. Ammonium sulfates may also be added as a fire retardant. So while the base material is inherently natural, the sheep’s wool insulation end product is also not completely free of toxins. Both additives are considered poisonous if ingested and can cause irritation to the skin, eyes, nose, and throat. Moreover, boric acid is classified as a reproductive toxin by the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation in Europe. [Boric acid does not pollute like #PFAS though]
When installing any type of insulation in your home, always use caution and wear the protective gear recommended by the insulation manufacturer."
Learn more:
https://www.bobvila.com/articles/sheeps-wool-insulation/#SolarPunkSunday #Insulation #AnimalProducts #Wool #SprayFoamAlternatives #FiberglassAlternatives #SyntheticAlternatives
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6 Things to Know About Sheep’s #WoolInsulation
When it’s time to update your home’s insulation, consider what sheep’s wool has to offer.
By Alexa Erickson, Mar 24, 2021
"Sheep’s wool insulation uses a natural fiber base.
Among the most popular insulation materials today are #fiberglass and #rockwool (also known as mineral wool). Both consist of man-made fibers spun from, as their names suggest, molten glass or minerals such as basalt or diabase. While these insulation types are considered safe by institutes such as the U.S. National Toxicology Program and the International Agency for Research on Cancer, they do contain synthetic, hairlike fibers that can break off and become airborne during installation. They also contain #formaldehyde, which is known to release volatile organic compounds (#VOCs) into the air. Both airborne fibers and formaldehyde can irritate the skin and lungs, and long-term exposure to formaldehyde may cause some types of cancer. Even spray foam insulation can be especially dangerous due to the high level of VOCs that off-gas into the air during installation and before it cures completely.
Sheep’s wool insulation starts as sheared wool that grows naturally on sheep—often wool that is deemed too coarse to make into clothing or other fabric. It is important to note, however, that it is common manufacturing practice to treat sheep’s wool insulation with additives such as boric acid to repel insects and further reduce flammability. Ammonium sulfates may also be added as a fire retardant. So while the base material is inherently natural, the sheep’s wool insulation end product is also not completely free of toxins. Both additives are considered poisonous if ingested and can cause irritation to the skin, eyes, nose, and throat. Moreover, boric acid is classified as a reproductive toxin by the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation in Europe. [Boric acid does not pollute like #PFAS though]
When installing any type of insulation in your home, always use caution and wear the protective gear recommended by the insulation manufacturer."
Learn more:
https://www.bobvila.com/articles/sheeps-wool-insulation/#SolarPunkSunday #Insulation #AnimalProducts #Wool #SprayFoamAlternatives #FiberglassAlternatives #SyntheticAlternatives
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6 Things to Know About Sheep’s #WoolInsulation
When it’s time to update your home’s insulation, consider what sheep’s wool has to offer.
By Alexa Erickson, Mar 24, 2021
"Sheep’s wool insulation uses a natural fiber base.
Among the most popular insulation materials today are #fiberglass and #rockwool (also known as mineral wool). Both consist of man-made fibers spun from, as their names suggest, molten glass or minerals such as basalt or diabase. While these insulation types are considered safe by institutes such as the U.S. National Toxicology Program and the International Agency for Research on Cancer, they do contain synthetic, hairlike fibers that can break off and become airborne during installation. They also contain #formaldehyde, which is known to release volatile organic compounds (#VOCs) into the air. Both airborne fibers and formaldehyde can irritate the skin and lungs, and long-term exposure to formaldehyde may cause some types of cancer. Even spray foam insulation can be especially dangerous due to the high level of VOCs that off-gas into the air during installation and before it cures completely.
Sheep’s wool insulation starts as sheared wool that grows naturally on sheep—often wool that is deemed too coarse to make into clothing or other fabric. It is important to note, however, that it is common manufacturing practice to treat sheep’s wool insulation with additives such as boric acid to repel insects and further reduce flammability. Ammonium sulfates may also be added as a fire retardant. So while the base material is inherently natural, the sheep’s wool insulation end product is also not completely free of toxins. Both additives are considered poisonous if ingested and can cause irritation to the skin, eyes, nose, and throat. Moreover, boric acid is classified as a reproductive toxin by the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation in Europe. [Boric acid does not pollute like #PFAS though]
When installing any type of insulation in your home, always use caution and wear the protective gear recommended by the insulation manufacturer."
Learn more:
https://www.bobvila.com/articles/sheeps-wool-insulation/#SolarPunkSunday #Insulation #AnimalProducts #Wool #SprayFoamAlternatives #FiberglassAlternatives #SyntheticAlternatives
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Symptom: Mast Cell Itching
https://www.illmarks.com/symptom-mast-cell-itching/
#allergicreactions #Allergies #allergy #art #bodyHorror #bodyMapping #buildingSafety #chonicillness #chronicIllness #claws #eds #ehlersdanlossyndrome #environmentalIllness #environmentalillness #fingers #formaldehyde #heds #hypermobile #hypermobility #hypermobilityspectrumdisorder #immunology #itched #itching #longCovid #longcovid #mastCell #mastCellActivationSyndrome #mastcell #mastcellactivationsyndrome #mastcelldisease #mastocytosis #mcas #medicalArt #MillionsMissing #nails #POTS #prop65 #publicHealth #publicHealth #pwLC #pwme #scratched #scratching #scratchy #severeallergy #vocs
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Symptom: Mast Cell Itching
https://www.illmarks.com/symptom-mast-cell-itching/
#allergicreactions #Allergies #allergy #art #bodyHorror #bodyMapping #buildingSafety #chonicillness #chronicIllness #claws #eds #ehlersdanlossyndrome #environmentalIllness #environmentalillness #fingers #formaldehyde #heds #hypermobile #hypermobility #hypermobilityspectrumdisorder #immunology #itched #itching #longCovid #longcovid #mastCell #mastCellActivationSyndrome #mastcell #mastcellactivationsyndrome #mastcelldisease #mastocytosis #mcas #medicalArt #MillionsMissing #nails #POTS #prop65 #publicHealth #publicHealth #pwLC #pwme #scratched #scratching #scratchy #severeallergy #vocs
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Symptom: Mast Cell Itching
https://www.illmarks.com/symptom-mast-cell-itching/
#allergicreactions #Allergies #allergy #art #bodyHorror #bodyMapping #buildingSafety #chonicillness #chronicIllness #claws #eds #ehlersdanlossyndrome #environmentalIllness #environmentalillness #fingers #formaldehyde #heds #hypermobile #hypermobility #hypermobilityspectrumdisorder #immunology #itched #itching #longCovid #longcovid #mastCell #mastCellActivationSyndrome #mastcell #mastcellactivationsyndrome #mastcelldisease #mastocytosis #mcas #medicalArt #MillionsMissing #nails #POTS #prop65 #publicHealth #publicHealth #pwLC #pwme #scratched #scratching #scratchy #severeallergy #vocs
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Symptom: Mast Cell Itching
https://www.illmarks.com/symptom-mast-cell-itching/
#allergicreactions #Allergies #allergy #art #bodyHorror #bodyMapping #buildingSafety #chonicillness #chronicIllness #claws #eds #ehlersdanlossyndrome #environmentalIllness #environmentalillness #fingers #formaldehyde #heds #hypermobile #hypermobility #hypermobilityspectrumdisorder #immunology #itched #itching #longCovid #longcovid #mastCell #mastCellActivationSyndrome #mastcell #mastcellactivationsyndrome #mastcelldisease #mastocytosis #mcas #medicalArt #MillionsMissing #nails #POTS #prop65 #publicHealth #publicHealth #pwLC #pwme #scratched #scratching #scratchy #severeallergy #vocs
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In the wake of wildfires, toxic smoke is a lasting health concern >>
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2527308122
#bushfires #FossilFuels #fires #suburbia #UrbanWildfires #air #pollution #toxins #smoke #plastics #VOCs #AirPollution #ClimateChange #benzene #acetone #health #harm #NSWLogging #PublicHealth -
In the wake of wildfires, toxic smoke is a lasting health concern >>
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2527308122
#bushfires #FossilFuels #fires #suburbia #UrbanWildfires #air #pollution #toxins #smoke #plastics #VOCs #AirPollution #ClimateChange #benzene #acetone #health #harm #NSWLogging #PublicHealth -
In the wake of wildfires, toxic smoke is a lasting health concern >>
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2527308122
#bushfires #FossilFuels #fires #suburbia #UrbanWildfires #air #pollution #toxins #smoke #plastics #VOCs #AirPollution #ClimateChange #benzene #acetone #health #harm #NSWLogging #PublicHealth -
In the wake of wildfires, toxic smoke is a lasting health concern >>
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2527308122
#bushfires #FossilFuels #fires #suburbia #UrbanWildfires #air #pollution #toxins #smoke #plastics #VOCs #AirPollution #ClimateChange #benzene #acetone #health #harm #NSWLogging #PublicHealth -
Unser #PaperdesMonats aus dem Themenfeld #Umwelt beschäftigt sich mit der Bestimmung von #Passivsammler-Aufnahmeraten zur Überwachung der #Innenraumluftqualität.
Ziel dieser Studie war es, die Rückführbarkeit und Vergleichbarkeit von mit Passivsammlern durchgeführten #Innenraumluftmessungen zu verbessern. Dafür wurden Aufnahmeraten von insgesamt 86 flüchtigen und schwerflüchtigen organischen Verbindungen (#VOCs und #SVOCs) für einen Zeitraum von 7Tagen bestimmt.
https://www.bam.de/Content/DE/Paper-des-Monats/2025/Umwelt/2025-10-01-paper-des-monats-umwelt.html
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Unser #PaperdesMonats aus dem Themenfeld #Umwelt beschäftigt sich mit der Bestimmung von #Passivsammler-Aufnahmeraten zur Überwachung der #Innenraumluftqualität.
Ziel dieser Studie war es, die Rückführbarkeit und Vergleichbarkeit von mit Passivsammlern durchgeführten #Innenraumluftmessungen zu verbessern. Dafür wurden Aufnahmeraten von insgesamt 86 flüchtigen und schwerflüchtigen organischen Verbindungen (#VOCs und #SVOCs) für einen Zeitraum von 7Tagen bestimmt.
https://www.bam.de/Content/DE/Paper-des-Monats/2025/Umwelt/2025-10-01-paper-des-monats-umwelt.html
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Unser #PaperdesMonats aus dem Themenfeld #Umwelt beschäftigt sich mit der Bestimmung von #Passivsammler-Aufnahmeraten zur Überwachung der #Innenraumluftqualität.
Ziel dieser Studie war es, die Rückführbarkeit und Vergleichbarkeit von mit Passivsammlern durchgeführten #Innenraumluftmessungen zu verbessern. Dafür wurden Aufnahmeraten von insgesamt 86 flüchtigen und schwerflüchtigen organischen Verbindungen (#VOCs und #SVOCs) für einen Zeitraum von 7Tagen bestimmt.
https://www.bam.de/Content/DE/Paper-des-Monats/2025/Umwelt/2025-10-01-paper-des-monats-umwelt.html
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Unser #PaperdesMonats aus dem Themenfeld #Umwelt beschäftigt sich mit der Bestimmung von #Passivsammler-Aufnahmeraten zur Überwachung der #Innenraumluftqualität.
Ziel dieser Studie war es, die Rückführbarkeit und Vergleichbarkeit von mit Passivsammlern durchgeführten #Innenraumluftmessungen zu verbessern. Dafür wurden Aufnahmeraten von insgesamt 86 flüchtigen und schwerflüchtigen organischen Verbindungen (#VOCs und #SVOCs) für einen Zeitraum von 7Tagen bestimmt.
https://www.bam.de/Content/DE/Paper-des-Monats/2025/Umwelt/2025-10-01-paper-des-monats-umwelt.html
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BREAKING! Massive Fire Erupts at #Chevron #Refinery Near #LosAngeles, Sending Flames into the Sky
by Andrew Powell
October 3, 2025"Firefighters continued dousing a blaze Friday morning at a Chevron #OilRefinery in #ElSegundoCA, after a massive fire broke out the night before, lighting up the sky with flames visible for miles.
"According to The Associated Press, officials urged residents to stay indoors, though by early Friday the city said the fire was contained and posed no threat to public safety. No evacuations were ordered.
" 'All roads have been reopened after last night’s Chevron fire,' the city of El Segundo posted Friday morning. 'The fire is still burning but is contained at this time.'
"The South Coast Air Quality Management District said overnight monitoring detected 'elevated levels of volatile organic compounds” [#VOCs] at the refinery’s fence line, though local air quality readings Friday morning showed no major concerns. Officials noted that drizzle, marine layers, and light winds were keeping the plume aloft but warned conditions could shift as winds pick up."
#California #ChevronRefinery #RefineryFire #AirQuality #AQI #AirQualityAlerts
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BREAKING! Massive Fire Erupts at #Chevron #Refinery Near #LosAngeles, Sending Flames into the Sky
by Andrew Powell
October 3, 2025"Firefighters continued dousing a blaze Friday morning at a Chevron #OilRefinery in #ElSegundoCA, after a massive fire broke out the night before, lighting up the sky with flames visible for miles.
"According to The Associated Press, officials urged residents to stay indoors, though by early Friday the city said the fire was contained and posed no threat to public safety. No evacuations were ordered.
" 'All roads have been reopened after last night’s Chevron fire,' the city of El Segundo posted Friday morning. 'The fire is still burning but is contained at this time.'
"The South Coast Air Quality Management District said overnight monitoring detected 'elevated levels of volatile organic compounds” [#VOCs] at the refinery’s fence line, though local air quality readings Friday morning showed no major concerns. Officials noted that drizzle, marine layers, and light winds were keeping the plume aloft but warned conditions could shift as winds pick up."
#California #ChevronRefinery #RefineryFire #AirQuality #AQI #AirQualityAlerts
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BREAKING! Massive Fire Erupts at #Chevron #Refinery Near #LosAngeles, Sending Flames into the Sky
by Andrew Powell
October 3, 2025"Firefighters continued dousing a blaze Friday morning at a Chevron #OilRefinery in #ElSegundoCA, after a massive fire broke out the night before, lighting up the sky with flames visible for miles.
"According to The Associated Press, officials urged residents to stay indoors, though by early Friday the city said the fire was contained and posed no threat to public safety. No evacuations were ordered.
" 'All roads have been reopened after last night’s Chevron fire,' the city of El Segundo posted Friday morning. 'The fire is still burning but is contained at this time.'
"The South Coast Air Quality Management District said overnight monitoring detected 'elevated levels of volatile organic compounds” [#VOCs] at the refinery’s fence line, though local air quality readings Friday morning showed no major concerns. Officials noted that drizzle, marine layers, and light winds were keeping the plume aloft but warned conditions could shift as winds pick up."
#California #ChevronRefinery #RefineryFire #AirQuality #AQI #AirQualityAlerts
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BREAKING! Massive Fire Erupts at #Chevron #Refinery Near #LosAngeles, Sending Flames into the Sky
by Andrew Powell
October 3, 2025"Firefighters continued dousing a blaze Friday morning at a Chevron #OilRefinery in #ElSegundoCA, after a massive fire broke out the night before, lighting up the sky with flames visible for miles.
"According to The Associated Press, officials urged residents to stay indoors, though by early Friday the city said the fire was contained and posed no threat to public safety. No evacuations were ordered.
" 'All roads have been reopened after last night’s Chevron fire,' the city of El Segundo posted Friday morning. 'The fire is still burning but is contained at this time.'
"The South Coast Air Quality Management District said overnight monitoring detected 'elevated levels of volatile organic compounds” [#VOCs] at the refinery’s fence line, though local air quality readings Friday morning showed no major concerns. Officials noted that drizzle, marine layers, and light winds were keeping the plume aloft but warned conditions could shift as winds pick up."
#California #ChevronRefinery #RefineryFire #AirQuality #AQI #AirQualityAlerts
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New publication: Enhancement of production of pathogen-suppressing volatiles using amino acids. #pathogensuppression #precursors #VOCs
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crmicr.2025.100385 -
New publication: Enhancement of production of pathogen-suppressing volatiles using amino acids. #pathogensuppression #precursors #VOCs
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crmicr.2025.100385 -
Not just human health! The #Toxic Blend of LA’s Urban #WildfireSmoke Will Have Lasting Health Consequences
Los Angeles residents are breathing bits of "cars, metal pipes, plastics."
By Zoya Teirstein, January 22, 2025“These fires are different from previous quote-unquote ‘wildfires,’ because there are so many structures that burned,” said Yifang Zhu, a professor of environmental health sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. 'Everything in the households got burned — cars, metal pipes, plastics.'
"#Wildfiresmoke is toxic. Burning trees and shrubs produce very fine #particulatematter, known by the shorthand PM 2.5, which burrow deep into the lungs and can even infiltrate the bloodstream, causing cold- and flu-like symptoms in the short term, and heart disease, lung cancer, and other chronic issues over time.
"But the fires that raced through Los Angeles burned thousands of homes, schools, historic buildings, and even medical clinics, blanketing the city in thick smoke. For several days after the first fire started, the city’s air quality index, or #AQI, exceeded 100, the threshold, typically seen during wildfires, at which air becomes unhealthy to breathe for children, the elderly, and those with asthma. In some parts of the city, the AQI reached 500, a number rarely seen and always hazardous for everyone.
"At the moment, air pollution experts know how much smoke fills the air. That’s shown improvement in recent days. But they don’t know what’s in it. 'What are the chemical mixtures in this smoke?' asked Kai Chen, an environmental scientist at the Yale School of Public Health. 'In addition to fine particulate matter, there are potentially other hazardous and #carcinogenic organic compounds — gas pollutants, trace metals, and microplastics.'
"Previous research shows that the spikes in unhealthy air quality seen during such events lead to higher rates of hospitalizations for issues like asthma, and even contribute to heart attacks among those with that chronic disease. A 2024 study on the long-term effects of smoke exposure in California showed that particulate matter from wildfires in the state from 2008 to 2018 contributed to anywhere from 52,000 to 56,000 premature deaths. A health assessment of 148 firefighters who worked the Tubbs Fire, which burned more than 36,000 acres in Northern California in 2017 and destroyed an unusually high number of structures, found elevated levels of the #PFAS known as forever chemicals, #HeavyMetals, and flame retardants in their blood and urine.
"The L.A. County Department of Public Health has formally urged people to stay inside and wear masks to protect themselves from windblown toxic dust and ash. Air quality measurements don’t take these particles into account, which means the air quality index doesn’t reveal the extent of contaminants in the air.
"Zhu and her colleagues have been collecting samples of wildfire smoke in neighborhoods near the fires. It’ll be months before that data is fully analyzed, but Zhu suspects she will find a dangerous mix of chemicals, including, potentially, #asbestos and lead — materials used in many buildings constructed before the 1970s.
"The risk will linger even after the smoke clears. The plumes that wafted over the landscape will deposit chemicals into drinking #water supplies and #contaminate# soil. When rains do come, they’ll wash #ToxicAsh into streams and across the land, said Fernando Rosario-Ortiz, an environmental engineer and interim dean of the University of Colorado Boulder environmental engineering program. 'There’s a lot of manmade materials that are now being combusted. The potential is there for contamination,' he said, noting that little research on how toxic ash and other byproducts of wildfires in urban areas currently exists. 'What we don’t have a lot of information on is what happens now.'
"After the Camp Fire razed Paradise, California, in 2018, water utilities found high levels of volatile organic compounds [#VOCs] in #DrinkingWater. Similar issues have arisen in places like Boulder County, Colorado, where the Marshall Fire destroyed nearly 1,000 structures in 2021, Rosario-Ortiz said, though the presence of a contaminant in a home doesn’t necessarily mean it will be present in high levels in the water. Still, several municipal water agencies in Los Angeles issued preemptive advisories urging residents not to drink tap water in neighborhoods near the Palisades and Eaton fires. It’ll be weeks before they know exactly what’s in the water.
"As wildfires grow ever more intense and encroach upon urban areas, cities and counties must be prepared to monitor the health impacts and respond to them. 'This is the first time I’ve ever even witnessed or heard anything like this,' said Zhu, who raised her daughter in Los Angeles and has lived there for decades, said. 'Even being in the field studying wildfires and air quality impacts, I never imagined that a whole neighborhood, a whole community in Palisades, would burn down.'"
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Not just human health! The #Toxic Blend of LA’s Urban #WildfireSmoke Will Have Lasting Health Consequences
Los Angeles residents are breathing bits of "cars, metal pipes, plastics."
By Zoya Teirstein, January 22, 2025“These fires are different from previous quote-unquote ‘wildfires,’ because there are so many structures that burned,” said Yifang Zhu, a professor of environmental health sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. 'Everything in the households got burned — cars, metal pipes, plastics.'
"#Wildfiresmoke is toxic. Burning trees and shrubs produce very fine #particulatematter, known by the shorthand PM 2.5, which burrow deep into the lungs and can even infiltrate the bloodstream, causing cold- and flu-like symptoms in the short term, and heart disease, lung cancer, and other chronic issues over time.
"But the fires that raced through Los Angeles burned thousands of homes, schools, historic buildings, and even medical clinics, blanketing the city in thick smoke. For several days after the first fire started, the city’s air quality index, or #AQI, exceeded 100, the threshold, typically seen during wildfires, at which air becomes unhealthy to breathe for children, the elderly, and those with asthma. In some parts of the city, the AQI reached 500, a number rarely seen and always hazardous for everyone.
"At the moment, air pollution experts know how much smoke fills the air. That’s shown improvement in recent days. But they don’t know what’s in it. 'What are the chemical mixtures in this smoke?' asked Kai Chen, an environmental scientist at the Yale School of Public Health. 'In addition to fine particulate matter, there are potentially other hazardous and #carcinogenic organic compounds — gas pollutants, trace metals, and microplastics.'
"Previous research shows that the spikes in unhealthy air quality seen during such events lead to higher rates of hospitalizations for issues like asthma, and even contribute to heart attacks among those with that chronic disease. A 2024 study on the long-term effects of smoke exposure in California showed that particulate matter from wildfires in the state from 2008 to 2018 contributed to anywhere from 52,000 to 56,000 premature deaths. A health assessment of 148 firefighters who worked the Tubbs Fire, which burned more than 36,000 acres in Northern California in 2017 and destroyed an unusually high number of structures, found elevated levels of the #PFAS known as forever chemicals, #HeavyMetals, and flame retardants in their blood and urine.
"The L.A. County Department of Public Health has formally urged people to stay inside and wear masks to protect themselves from windblown toxic dust and ash. Air quality measurements don’t take these particles into account, which means the air quality index doesn’t reveal the extent of contaminants in the air.
"Zhu and her colleagues have been collecting samples of wildfire smoke in neighborhoods near the fires. It’ll be months before that data is fully analyzed, but Zhu suspects she will find a dangerous mix of chemicals, including, potentially, #asbestos and lead — materials used in many buildings constructed before the 1970s.
"The risk will linger even after the smoke clears. The plumes that wafted over the landscape will deposit chemicals into drinking #water supplies and #contaminate# soil. When rains do come, they’ll wash #ToxicAsh into streams and across the land, said Fernando Rosario-Ortiz, an environmental engineer and interim dean of the University of Colorado Boulder environmental engineering program. 'There’s a lot of manmade materials that are now being combusted. The potential is there for contamination,' he said, noting that little research on how toxic ash and other byproducts of wildfires in urban areas currently exists. 'What we don’t have a lot of information on is what happens now.'
"After the Camp Fire razed Paradise, California, in 2018, water utilities found high levels of volatile organic compounds [#VOCs] in #DrinkingWater. Similar issues have arisen in places like Boulder County, Colorado, where the Marshall Fire destroyed nearly 1,000 structures in 2021, Rosario-Ortiz said, though the presence of a contaminant in a home doesn’t necessarily mean it will be present in high levels in the water. Still, several municipal water agencies in Los Angeles issued preemptive advisories urging residents not to drink tap water in neighborhoods near the Palisades and Eaton fires. It’ll be weeks before they know exactly what’s in the water.
"As wildfires grow ever more intense and encroach upon urban areas, cities and counties must be prepared to monitor the health impacts and respond to them. 'This is the first time I’ve ever even witnessed or heard anything like this,' said Zhu, who raised her daughter in Los Angeles and has lived there for decades, said. 'Even being in the field studying wildfires and air quality impacts, I never imagined that a whole neighborhood, a whole community in Palisades, would burn down.'"
Read more:
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-toxic-blend-of-las-urban-wildfire-smoke-will-have-lasting-health-consequences/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=flipboard_rss&utm_campaign=znetwork
#AirPollution #WaterPollution #AirIsLife #WaterIsLife #ToxicMaterials #EnvironmentalDisaster #EnvironmentalDamage #Pyrocene #PyroceneEra -
Not just human health! The #Toxic Blend of LA’s Urban #WildfireSmoke Will Have Lasting Health Consequences
Los Angeles residents are breathing bits of "cars, metal pipes, plastics."
By Zoya Teirstein, January 22, 2025“These fires are different from previous quote-unquote ‘wildfires,’ because there are so many structures that burned,” said Yifang Zhu, a professor of environmental health sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. 'Everything in the households got burned — cars, metal pipes, plastics.'
"#Wildfiresmoke is toxic. Burning trees and shrubs produce very fine #particulatematter, known by the shorthand PM 2.5, which burrow deep into the lungs and can even infiltrate the bloodstream, causing cold- and flu-like symptoms in the short term, and heart disease, lung cancer, and other chronic issues over time.
"But the fires that raced through Los Angeles burned thousands of homes, schools, historic buildings, and even medical clinics, blanketing the city in thick smoke. For several days after the first fire started, the city’s air quality index, or #AQI, exceeded 100, the threshold, typically seen during wildfires, at which air becomes unhealthy to breathe for children, the elderly, and those with asthma. In some parts of the city, the AQI reached 500, a number rarely seen and always hazardous for everyone.
"At the moment, air pollution experts know how much smoke fills the air. That’s shown improvement in recent days. But they don’t know what’s in it. 'What are the chemical mixtures in this smoke?' asked Kai Chen, an environmental scientist at the Yale School of Public Health. 'In addition to fine particulate matter, there are potentially other hazardous and #carcinogenic organic compounds — gas pollutants, trace metals, and microplastics.'
"Previous research shows that the spikes in unhealthy air quality seen during such events lead to higher rates of hospitalizations for issues like asthma, and even contribute to heart attacks among those with that chronic disease. A 2024 study on the long-term effects of smoke exposure in California showed that particulate matter from wildfires in the state from 2008 to 2018 contributed to anywhere from 52,000 to 56,000 premature deaths. A health assessment of 148 firefighters who worked the Tubbs Fire, which burned more than 36,000 acres in Northern California in 2017 and destroyed an unusually high number of structures, found elevated levels of the #PFAS known as forever chemicals, #HeavyMetals, and flame retardants in their blood and urine.
"The L.A. County Department of Public Health has formally urged people to stay inside and wear masks to protect themselves from windblown toxic dust and ash. Air quality measurements don’t take these particles into account, which means the air quality index doesn’t reveal the extent of contaminants in the air.
"Zhu and her colleagues have been collecting samples of wildfire smoke in neighborhoods near the fires. It’ll be months before that data is fully analyzed, but Zhu suspects she will find a dangerous mix of chemicals, including, potentially, #asbestos and lead — materials used in many buildings constructed before the 1970s.
"The risk will linger even after the smoke clears. The plumes that wafted over the landscape will deposit chemicals into drinking #water supplies and #contaminate# soil. When rains do come, they’ll wash #ToxicAsh into streams and across the land, said Fernando Rosario-Ortiz, an environmental engineer and interim dean of the University of Colorado Boulder environmental engineering program. 'There’s a lot of manmade materials that are now being combusted. The potential is there for contamination,' he said, noting that little research on how toxic ash and other byproducts of wildfires in urban areas currently exists. 'What we don’t have a lot of information on is what happens now.'
"After the Camp Fire razed Paradise, California, in 2018, water utilities found high levels of volatile organic compounds [#VOCs] in #DrinkingWater. Similar issues have arisen in places like Boulder County, Colorado, where the Marshall Fire destroyed nearly 1,000 structures in 2021, Rosario-Ortiz said, though the presence of a contaminant in a home doesn’t necessarily mean it will be present in high levels in the water. Still, several municipal water agencies in Los Angeles issued preemptive advisories urging residents not to drink tap water in neighborhoods near the Palisades and Eaton fires. It’ll be weeks before they know exactly what’s in the water.
"As wildfires grow ever more intense and encroach upon urban areas, cities and counties must be prepared to monitor the health impacts and respond to them. 'This is the first time I’ve ever even witnessed or heard anything like this,' said Zhu, who raised her daughter in Los Angeles and has lived there for decades, said. 'Even being in the field studying wildfires and air quality impacts, I never imagined that a whole neighborhood, a whole community in Palisades, would burn down.'"
Read more:
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-toxic-blend-of-las-urban-wildfire-smoke-will-have-lasting-health-consequences/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=flipboard_rss&utm_campaign=znetwork
#AirPollution #WaterPollution #AirIsLife #WaterIsLife #ToxicMaterials #EnvironmentalDisaster #EnvironmentalDamage #Pyrocene #PyroceneEra -
Not just human health! The #Toxic Blend of LA’s Urban #WildfireSmoke Will Have Lasting Health Consequences
Los Angeles residents are breathing bits of "cars, metal pipes, plastics."
By Zoya Teirstein, January 22, 2025“These fires are different from previous quote-unquote ‘wildfires,’ because there are so many structures that burned,” said Yifang Zhu, a professor of environmental health sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. 'Everything in the households got burned — cars, metal pipes, plastics.'
"#Wildfiresmoke is toxic. Burning trees and shrubs produce very fine #particulatematter, known by the shorthand PM 2.5, which burrow deep into the lungs and can even infiltrate the bloodstream, causing cold- and flu-like symptoms in the short term, and heart disease, lung cancer, and other chronic issues over time.
"But the fires that raced through Los Angeles burned thousands of homes, schools, historic buildings, and even medical clinics, blanketing the city in thick smoke. For several days after the first fire started, the city’s air quality index, or #AQI, exceeded 100, the threshold, typically seen during wildfires, at which air becomes unhealthy to breathe for children, the elderly, and those with asthma. In some parts of the city, the AQI reached 500, a number rarely seen and always hazardous for everyone.
"At the moment, air pollution experts know how much smoke fills the air. That’s shown improvement in recent days. But they don’t know what’s in it. 'What are the chemical mixtures in this smoke?' asked Kai Chen, an environmental scientist at the Yale School of Public Health. 'In addition to fine particulate matter, there are potentially other hazardous and #carcinogenic organic compounds — gas pollutants, trace metals, and microplastics.'
"Previous research shows that the spikes in unhealthy air quality seen during such events lead to higher rates of hospitalizations for issues like asthma, and even contribute to heart attacks among those with that chronic disease. A 2024 study on the long-term effects of smoke exposure in California showed that particulate matter from wildfires in the state from 2008 to 2018 contributed to anywhere from 52,000 to 56,000 premature deaths. A health assessment of 148 firefighters who worked the Tubbs Fire, which burned more than 36,000 acres in Northern California in 2017 and destroyed an unusually high number of structures, found elevated levels of the #PFAS known as forever chemicals, #HeavyMetals, and flame retardants in their blood and urine.
"The L.A. County Department of Public Health has formally urged people to stay inside and wear masks to protect themselves from windblown toxic dust and ash. Air quality measurements don’t take these particles into account, which means the air quality index doesn’t reveal the extent of contaminants in the air.
"Zhu and her colleagues have been collecting samples of wildfire smoke in neighborhoods near the fires. It’ll be months before that data is fully analyzed, but Zhu suspects she will find a dangerous mix of chemicals, including, potentially, #asbestos and lead — materials used in many buildings constructed before the 1970s.
"The risk will linger even after the smoke clears. The plumes that wafted over the landscape will deposit chemicals into drinking #water supplies and #contaminate# soil. When rains do come, they’ll wash #ToxicAsh into streams and across the land, said Fernando Rosario-Ortiz, an environmental engineer and interim dean of the University of Colorado Boulder environmental engineering program. 'There’s a lot of manmade materials that are now being combusted. The potential is there for contamination,' he said, noting that little research on how toxic ash and other byproducts of wildfires in urban areas currently exists. 'What we don’t have a lot of information on is what happens now.'
"After the Camp Fire razed Paradise, California, in 2018, water utilities found high levels of volatile organic compounds [#VOCs] in #DrinkingWater. Similar issues have arisen in places like Boulder County, Colorado, where the Marshall Fire destroyed nearly 1,000 structures in 2021, Rosario-Ortiz said, though the presence of a contaminant in a home doesn’t necessarily mean it will be present in high levels in the water. Still, several municipal water agencies in Los Angeles issued preemptive advisories urging residents not to drink tap water in neighborhoods near the Palisades and Eaton fires. It’ll be weeks before they know exactly what’s in the water.
"As wildfires grow ever more intense and encroach upon urban areas, cities and counties must be prepared to monitor the health impacts and respond to them. 'This is the first time I’ve ever even witnessed or heard anything like this,' said Zhu, who raised her daughter in Los Angeles and has lived there for decades, said. 'Even being in the field studying wildfires and air quality impacts, I never imagined that a whole neighborhood, a whole community in Palisades, would burn down.'"
Read more:
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-toxic-blend-of-las-urban-wildfire-smoke-will-have-lasting-health-consequences/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=flipboard_rss&utm_campaign=znetwork
#AirPollution #WaterPollution #AirIsLife #WaterIsLife #ToxicMaterials #EnvironmentalDisaster #EnvironmentalDamage #Pyrocene #PyroceneEra -
🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Holly Leather on successfully defending her #PhD thesis! The work describes a novel approach to #diagnosis of #TB using #skin VOCS and methods to explain excretion rates of #VOCs from blood to skin surface longitudinally. The first PhD student to pass in my group, rest to follow soon!
Thank you to examiners Dr Nicholas Rattray and Prof Richard Unwin for making her #viva such an enjoyable experience. Here’s to Holly’s bright future! 🌟
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🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Holly Leather on successfully defending her #PhD thesis! The work describes a novel approach to #diagnosis of #TB using #skin VOCS and methods to explain excretion rates of #VOCs from blood to skin surface longitudinally. The first PhD student to pass in my group, rest to follow soon!
Thank you to examiners Dr Nicholas Rattray and Prof Richard Unwin for making her #viva such an enjoyable experience. Here’s to Holly’s bright future! 🌟
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🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Holly Leather on successfully defending her #PhD thesis! The work describes a novel approach to #diagnosis of #TB using #skin VOCS and methods to explain excretion rates of #VOCs from blood to skin surface longitudinally. The first PhD student to pass in my group, rest to follow soon!
Thank you to examiners Dr Nicholas Rattray and Prof Richard Unwin for making her #viva such an enjoyable experience. Here’s to Holly’s bright future! 🌟
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#Journal, Day 1708
Thursday, 21 November 2024
Ukraine War: Day 1013
Hamas-Israel War: Day 410
Mass shootings in the USA in 2024: 465#vocs #deadlychemicals #formaldehyde #badlandlord #cheapmaterials #birdsofmastodon #nothealthy
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#Journal, Day 1708
Thursday, 21 November 2024
Ukraine War: Day 1013
Hamas-Israel War: Day 410
Mass shootings in the USA in 2024: 465#vocs #deadlychemicals #formaldehyde #badlandlord #cheapmaterials #birdsofmastodon #nothealthy
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#Journal, Day 1708
Thursday, 21 November 2024
Ukraine War: Day 1013
Hamas-Israel War: Day 410
Mass shootings in the USA in 2024: 465#vocs #deadlychemicals #formaldehyde #badlandlord #cheapmaterials #birdsofmastodon #nothealthy
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#Journal, Day 1708
Thursday, 21 November 2024
Ukraine War: Day 1013
Hamas-Israel War: Day 410
Mass shootings in the USA in 2024: 465#vocs #deadlychemicals #formaldehyde #badlandlord #cheapmaterials #birdsofmastodon #nothealthy
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#Trees don’t like to breathe #wildfire smoke, either – and they’ll hold their breath to avoid it
Published: July 30, 2024
"When wildfire smoke travels long distances, the smoke cooks in sunlight and chemically changes.
"Mixing volatile organic compounds [#VOCs], nitrogen oxides and sunlight will make ground-level #ozone, which can cause breathing problems in humans. It can also damage plants by degrading the #leaf surface, oxidizing plant tissue and slowing #photosynthesis."
#Wildfires #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #WildfireSmoke #AirQuality
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#Trees don’t like to breathe #wildfire smoke, either – and they’ll hold their breath to avoid it
Published: July 30, 2024
"When wildfire smoke travels long distances, the smoke cooks in sunlight and chemically changes.
"Mixing volatile organic compounds [#VOCs], nitrogen oxides and sunlight will make ground-level #ozone, which can cause breathing problems in humans. It can also damage plants by degrading the #leaf surface, oxidizing plant tissue and slowing #photosynthesis."
#Wildfires #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #WildfireSmoke #AirQuality
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#Trees don’t like to breathe #wildfire smoke, either – and they’ll hold their breath to avoid it
Published: July 30, 2024
"When wildfire smoke travels long distances, the smoke cooks in sunlight and chemically changes.
"Mixing volatile organic compounds [#VOCs], nitrogen oxides and sunlight will make ground-level #ozone, which can cause breathing problems in humans. It can also damage plants by degrading the #leaf surface, oxidizing plant tissue and slowing #photosynthesis."
#Wildfires #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #WildfireSmoke #AirQuality
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#Trees don’t like to breathe #wildfire smoke, either – and they’ll hold their breath to avoid it
Published: July 30, 2024
"When wildfire smoke travels long distances, the smoke cooks in sunlight and chemically changes.
"Mixing volatile organic compounds [#VOCs], nitrogen oxides and sunlight will make ground-level #ozone, which can cause breathing problems in humans. It can also damage plants by degrading the #leaf surface, oxidizing plant tissue and slowing #photosynthesis."
#Wildfires #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #WildfireSmoke #AirQuality
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Visit https://bl.ag/filter to learn all about activated charcoal filters and the benefits of using them when working with VOCs (volatile organic compounds).
'Filtering the Fumes: Air Purifier Advice' is the latest despatch from @jill_strong at bl.ag online.
#voc #vocs #filter #filters #airpurifier #healthandsafety #hands #fumes #safetyfirst #paint #solvent #solvents #paints #porkiepie
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Visit https://bl.ag/filter to learn all about activated charcoal filters and the benefits of using them when working with VOCs (volatile organic compounds).
'Filtering the Fumes: Air Purifier Advice' is the latest despatch from @jill_strong at bl.ag online.
#voc #vocs #filter #filters #airpurifier #healthandsafety #hands #fumes #safetyfirst #paint #solvent #solvents #paints #porkiepie
