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The global treaty to save the ozone layer has also slowed Arctic ice melt

Grist

The 1987 Montreal Protocol, which phased out the production and use of chemicals that were depleting the ozone layer, has long been considered one of the most successful environmental treaties in history. The Montreal Protocol was created to address a hole in the stratospheric ozone layer over the Antarctic. In a 2022 report , a U.N.

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Biophilic Office: Interior Design Principles and Benefits

Green Business Bureau

Indoor air quality can be negatively impacted by printers and copy machines that emit toner particles and toxic gasses such as ozone, nitrogen dioxide and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Effects of biophilic indoor environment on stress and anxiety recovery: A between-subjects experiment in virtual reality. 2] Wheeler, G.,

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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.

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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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Logging is destroying southern forests — and dividing US environmentalists

Grist

In 2006, TNC received a $1 million gift from the timber behemoth Weyerhaeuser that included a statement that the two entities “agreed to work collaboratively to improve their understanding of managed forests.” forests between 2006 and 2010, five times more impactful than fires, land-use change, insects, drought, and wind damage combined.

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

DeSmogBlog

Tim Doty is the scientist who led the TCEQ mobile monitoring team that recorded Channelview’s high benzene levels back in 2005 and 2006. The team’s report also prompted the TCEQ to launch an on-site investigation of K-Solv’s operation in February 2006. No trip was as revelatory as the one in April 2006.