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Archive for July 2007
Low air pollution ‘increases death risk’
July 31, 2007 by admin.
inthenews.co.uk
Tuesday, 31 Jul 2007 11:48
Air pollution, even at relatively low levels, remains a risk factor for premature death, a new study has found.
Researchers analysing different electoral wards in Britain from 1966 to 1998 discovered that black smoke and sulphur dioxide (SO2) are strongly linked to the chances of an early death.
Despite a fall in air pollutants over the period studied, the risk of early death remained, even with the comparatively low levels of air pollutants during the most recent time frame (1994-8).
Writing in the journal Thorax, the researchers claim that the risk of premature death from respiratory disease rose by almost four per cent for every 10ug/m3 (micrograms per cubic metre of air) increase in black smoke, and by 13 per cent for every ten parts per billion increase in sulphur dioxide during 1982 to 98…. (Full Story)
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Toxic sulfur smoke clouds Timpson, Texas
July 31, 2007 by admin.
The Daily Sentinel
A stretch of U.S. Hwy. 59 between Timpson and Tenaha was shut down Monday night as emergency responders worked to contain a fire that erupted when an 18-wheeler loaded with bags of sulfur crashed, releasing toxic sulfur smoke [deadly sulphur dioxide, that is, as deadly as chlorine gas — folc.ca].
The 18-wheeler rear-ended a vehicle making a right turn in front of Missionary Baptist Church in Timpson around 7:30 p.m., …. The truck then caught on fire, igniting the cargo….
Faulkner said the truck was not required to display a hazardous material sign because sulfur isn’t a hazard unless it is burned…. (Full Story)__________________
Right, dynamite too isn’t hazardous unless it explodes, and firearms aren’t dangerous unless aimed at someone and discharged… — folc.ca
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