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Up in smoke: Dirty smoke from ships

Posted By Walter Schneider On August 23, 2008 @ 10:11 am In Bunker Fuel, Community & Industry, Emission Incidents & Issues | No Comments

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Up in smoke

Published: 21 August 2008 10:21 AM
Source: The Engineer Online

Chemists at UC San Diego have measured the impact that dirty smoke from ships cruising at sea and generating electricity in port can have on the air quality of coastal cities.

The scientists say that the impact of dirty smoke from ships burning high-sulphur fuel can be substantial, on some days accounting for almost half of the fine, sulphur-rich particulate matter in the air known to be hazardous to human health….([1] Full Story)

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