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Air Travel and Climate Change

Green Market Oracle

Nitrogen oxides produced by air travel increases ozone concentrations in the upper troposphere which warms the planet more than it would at lower altitudes. In 2006, Boeing and Airbus forecasted that passenger air travel and air cargo would triple the 2004 level before 2020. Source: Climate Change Connection Subscribe in a reader

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Understand more about Disinfection at lesser hazard

Econaur

Chlorine, Ozone, Sodium hypochlorite, Chlorine Di-Oxide , even non-chemical methods of disintegrating the pathogens like UV and IR also used many times, especially for water purification. To resolve this for disinfection of surfaces and contact points like handles etc. It is recommended to use oxidisers as disinfectants.

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A valve to help curb seaborne cargo VOC emissions

Envirotec Magazine

Several other VOCs including ethane, propane, butane, pentane, and hexane react with NOx to form ground level ozone which has harmful effects on human health and on plants. Especially methane is a potent greenhouse gas, contributing to climate change. An overlooked problem. For many years did VOC emissions receive little focus.

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A Texas Community Is Being Bombarded by Cancer-Causing Benzene. State Officials Have Known for Nearly Two Decades

DeSmogBlog

Its main facility, opened in 2004, now occupies about 8 acres along the San Jacinto River in Channelview. Joe Lopez died in 2004 of kidney failure triggered by diabetes at the age of 65. In 2014, he criticized the EPA’s efforts to regulate ozone, an odorless, colorless ingredient in smog that exacerbates asthma. “I acres to 8.5