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Solar vaccine cooler invented by Indian Scientist

... batteries and chlorofluorocarbons responsible for ozone depletion and used in conventional refrigerators. Shende based in Paris is the head of UNEP's Ozone Action Branch and has come to Delhi to deliver two units of SolarChill to its first Indian customer -- President A P J Abdul Kalam, who has proposed...

Why Do People Stick To Their Bad Habits?

... pollution hazards such as chemical contamination, ozone depletion and sour gas wells. Cigarette smoking was ranked as 'very dangerous' by 53 per cent of those surveyed in 1994 and by 60 per cent of the respondents surveyed in 2005. Stress was ranked as 'very dangerous' by 54 per cent of the people in 1994...

Ozone Treatment - A Good Alternative For Spinal Injury

...sorder now have a reason to smile as injections of ozone gas could bring better results than conventional//...r a conference on the subject. 'Ozonucleolysis or ozone discectomy for curing spinal injury is a better option than surgery. This new form of treatment is l...

WHO issues Global Air Quality Guidelines

... major health risk. The daily allowed limits for ozone has been decreased from 120 ( as per previous guidelines) to 100 micrograms per cubic meter under the new WHO Air Quality Guidelines. GYT...

Deterioration of Air Quality Affecting Children's Health

...ants such as sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and ozone of about three percent produced a five percent rise in the number of children admitted to hospital with asthma. The study report stated, "If ambient level of these pollutants were reduced by an average of around 50 percent, it could have cut down ...

Scientists Put "Allergy-Friendly" Hotel Rooms to the Test

... chemical fingerprint, respirable particle counts, ozone measurements and scanning electron microscope pictures that can characterize samples particle by particle. And since outdoor air is the source for indoor air, UB researchers also gathered data on the quality of air outside of the hotel. "The qual...

Instrument to reveal Information about Ozone Loss

...louds had become a major factor in understanding// ozone depletion. "The Michelson Interferometer for Pas...centrations of more than 20 trace gases, including ozone as well as the pollutants that attack it. "This has been the first evidence for the existence of ...

Controversial Theory Says DNA Can Be Pushed To "Dark States"

...ong said. "It was a period prior to any protective ozone layer on Earth and the ultraviolet radiation was very strong. So if primordial DNA bases were forced into this vulnerable dark state, they should have incurred large amounts of photochemical damage that would have made the very survival of these base...

Death by Smog in California

...C study conducted revealed that air pollution from ozone causes reduced sperm counts with about a 3% drop in sperm as ozone level increased. USC researchers also plan to conduct a study on the possible relationship between...

Air pollution increases asthma in Canada

... that are suspected in asthma include ground-level ozone and small particulates. It is also said that about a quarter of Canadian residents live in homes built before the 1960s and may be exposed to excessive levels of lead, which was the common ingredient in paint. Hence Health Canada is testing the lead ...

Children Face Risk While Swimming

...ses, and that other forms of disinfection, such as ozone treatment or copper-silver systems, should be used. Edited (ANI)...

Unpasteurised juices found to be potential health hazards

...ns linked to apple cider inadequately treated with ozone 2005: Outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to inadequately treated orange juice marketed as ‘fresh squeezed’ and sold in multiple states The advantage with pasteurized juice is that since it is heated to a high temperature for a short time befo...

Air Pollution Increases Risk For Heart Disease In Women

...s that have a high level of air pollution in which ozone combines with particulate matter (PM). The risk may be as much as twice that of women breathing in cleaner air on a daily basis. Researchers found statistically significant increases in the relative risk of fatal CHD in females as pollution levels i...

Lemons Could Give Relief For Patients Suffering From Asthma

...onducted a study to look at the connection between ozone and asthma and other lung disorders. It was found that the higher incidence of asthma in urban areas is due in large part to the absence of natural “ozone scavengers” produced by plants. “Ozone in the outer atmosphere is essential for life on earth...

Elevated Ozone Levels Hurt Sperm Count

...aluated more than 14,000 sperm samples, found that ozone can adversely affect a man's sperm, reducing their...,". "Our most significant finding was that as the ozone level went up, the sperm concentration went down," said Dr. Rebecca Z. Sokol, a professor of medicin...

A non-stick danger

...cts, and CFCs, which are both greenhouse gases and ozone destroyers. Continued use of Teflon and other related polymers may release a chemical combination that exacerbates global warming and ozone-depletion in the stratosphere, the researchers concluded....

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