Just as second-hand smoke is a recognized health hazard, air pollution is increasingly recognized as being just as harmful to an individual’s health.
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air pollution
The Forests are Burning
The incidence of forest fire is likely to increase in a warmer, drier world.
Nitrogen Pollution
Nearly all nitrogen pollution stems from agriculture, which strives to feed more than 7 billion of us with low-cost abundance.
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyls
we must depend on federal regulations that prevent the purposeful or inadvertent contaminations of the environment from affecting the health of all of us.
Pig Poop
Currently there are about 75,000,000 pigs in the United States. They generate a lot of poop, for which disposal is an ongoing problem in need of good solutions. North Carolina is home to about 12%Continue reading
Silent but Deadly
All children are fascinated by farts. So are atmospheric chemists. Farts are produced by anaerobic (without oxygen) digestion in the intestine. About 1% of flatulence is composed of malodorous, volatile sulfur gases, derived from theContinue reading
On Losing Your Marbles
Several new studies suggest that air pollutants in general—gases as well as particles—may be responsible for widespread cognitive decline in the human population
Bill Schlesinger
air pollution, environmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, toxicology, water, water pollution
air pollution, environmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, toxicology, water, water pollution
Hurricane Florence: déjà-vu all over again.
Hurricane Florence provides a stark demonstration of how runoff and overflows can contaminate waterways with hog waste and coal-ash leachates.
Your Lawn II
Let your lawn return to a wildflower-filled meadow that attracts bees and other pollinators
Bill Schlesinger
air pollution, environmental health, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, toxicology
air pollution, environmental health, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, toxicology
Science at the EPA
All actions by the Environmental Protection Agency should be taken on the basis of science—not from religious beliefs, from payoffs, or to satisfy the desires of special interest groups.