NASA Finds Sea Ice Driving Arctic Air Pollutants
Posted by brandoniswrite on March 6, 2012
Drastic reductions in Arctic sea ice in the last decade may be intensifying the chemical release of bromine into the atmosphere, resulting in ground-level ozone depletion and the deposit of toxic mercury in the Arctic, according to a new NASA-led study. The connection between changes in the Arctic Ocean’s ice cover and bromine chemical processes [...]
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EPA Study of Toxic Air Pollution near Elizabeth, NJ Middle School Finds Air Pollutants Below Levels of Concern
Posted by brandoniswrite on October 31, 2011
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that a seven-month study of toxic air pollution outside the Mabel Holmes Middle School in Elizabeth, New Jersey did not find pollution levels of concern U.S. EPA Radiation News
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