Tag Archives : air pollution

If I was to tell you that a sexy red bra can actually save lives in times of calamities, you’d probably think I am pervert. But I don’t intend any pun. Dr. Elena Bodnar designed a bra that doubles as a face mask for two to filter out harmful airborne particles usually stemming out of event likefire, explosion, terrorist, radiological, biological [...]

Germany has been facing the problem of air pollution owing to concentration of nitrogen oxide surpassing the maximum permitted levels. Sources suggest that the road traffic is the principle reason behind soaring levels of this harmful gas. The Baroque City of Fulda in Hesse took the baton of fighting air pollution and came up innovative paving slabs [...]

China’s black skies and other forms of pollution were fully revealed to the world as the country beamed the coverage of the Beijing Olympics. Getting tremendous criticism from the rest of the world for what people saw, China decided to further augment and even expedite its environmental programs and projects. While China is the world’s leading [...]

The alarming pollution levels in China have now become a global concern. Fueled by the spoils of its fast emerging economy, the people of China have become voracious consumers, an effect of what some call as the country’s ‘money-induced euphoria.’ This consumerism has brought about a need for raw materials. Upwards of 75 percent of all its forests [...]

When power plants or car engines burn fossil fuels, they emit a lethal mixture of chemicals in the form of particulate air pollution. This fine dust that enters the lungs, proceeds to the bloodstream, liver, and brain contains a deadly mixture of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), polycyclic aromatic hyrdrocarbons (PAHs), and toxic heavy metals. That [...]

The attempt to clean up the earth of the foul toxins that humans are asphyxiating it with has reached the point where the same technology which has created the mess is being used to save the earth. Peru has come up with a novel solution for clearing the air and the new project, termed Super Tree, has just gone to work at one of their most polluted cities, [...]

From April 14 to April 21, NASA conducts an online poll where people can vote for the agency’s greatest achievement. NASA opened a section on its website to give everyone on the planet a chance to decide and vote on the agency’s most monumental contribution in the last 50 years. This is in line with the celebration of Earth Day on April 22. The [...]

Linfen in China is located right in the center of the country’s massive coal industry. The place has the dubious honor of being the most polluted city in the world. It also has not had a mayor for half a year now because the previous local executives were dismissed from service for poor management. The local power now lies with the Deputy Mayor Luo [...]

Another raging problem is far more alarming than the credit crunch today. This economic meltdown has some immediate solutions that are concretely possible. The bail out is an example of an immediate and concrete solution. What surpasses this economic problem is the raging environmental problem that is currently devastating the world today. This has [...]

If you cycle or jog everyday you would know how polluted and dusty our cities have become. No mask can protect us from the industrial pollutants and aerosol particles that are freely suspended in air. Moreover, these particles can cause allergic rhinitis or even cause chronic allergic conditions. There is a cool product which might help us to protect [...]