Tag: Pollution

  • Places with the most lethal air quality

    Here’s where you’re most likely to die from air pollution John Metcalfe, grist.org Click to embiggen.Where on Earth are you most likely to die early from air pollution? NASA provides the answer with this mortally serious view of the planet, and it is: lots of places.Like tar stains on a healthy lung, the sickly yellow…

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  • Anthropological indicators of air pollution emerging: nose hair length

    This Weird Map Visualizes Air Pollution as Nose Hair Length smithsonianmag.com If there’s one thing nobody wants, it’s real­ly long nose hairs. Which is per­haps why Clean Air Asia has decid­ed to start visu­al­iz­ing each per­son’s air pol­lu­tion expo­sure as super-long, dis­gust­ing nose hairs. The group says: The more… This Weird Map Visualizes Air Pollution…

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  • How to reduce household air pollutants

    Your House Is Killing You. Here’s How To Stop It By Katherine Bagley, popsci.com A roundup of the high- and low-tech solutions to mitigate dangerous concentrations of airborne chemicals at home Your comfy couch. The wood­en chairs in your kitchen. The paint you spent months pick­ing out. Clean­ing sup­plies piled under the… http://flpbd.it/bmZum Related articles…

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