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China’s new frontier for VOC regulations

GreenBiz

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. Over the past several decades, public health and environmental concerns have made controlling smog a top national policy goal in China and enforcement an increasingly critical issue for companies to navigate. Targets for regulation.

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EEA reports poor air quality caused premature deaths of 400,000 Europeans in 2016

AGreenLiving

Industries, households and vehicles all emit dangerous pollutants that are harmful to human health. Indeed, the European Environment Agency (EEA) highlighted the issue when reporting that over 400,000 Europeans met their untimely demise in 2016 due to poor air quality. It’s a win-win.” Via Reuters Image via dan19878. Continued here:Â

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An enduring threat to water?

Envirotec Magazine

Increasing attention to the environmental and human health effects of PFAS is leading to the development of increasingly conservative (low) regulatory levels for PFAS in drinking water, soil, groundwater, sediments and surface waters4, 6-9. In 2016, the detection of PFAS in drinking water in the USA took a step forward. Why a problem?

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US, China commit to phase down climate-warming HFCs from refrigerators and air conditioners – but what will replace them this time?

Renewable Energy World

CFCs were destroying the ozone layer high in the Earth’s atmosphere, which is essential for protecting life from the Sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation. But when they break down, they create chlorine that reacts with the protective ozone, letting dangerous radiation through to the Earth’s surface. Why HFCs are a climate problem.

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Green City Solutions fights air pollution with IoT, biotech and moss

Green Tech Challenge

In December 2016, the Chinese government reported the highest air pollution and the red alert was implemented in 23 cities in northern China. In 2016, World Energy Outlook made a study on air pollution as the fourth-largest threat to human health – but also to our environment.

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Fenceline Community Groups in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Celebrate Mounting Victories

DeSmogBlog

Taylor, a retired general contractor, was driven to form the community group in 2016 after learning that the U.S. The complaint calls out the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and Louisiana Department of Health (LDOH) for their handling of air pollution and associated health impacts in St. John the Baptist.

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China’s new frontier for VOC regulations

AGreenLiving

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. Over the past several decades, public health and environmental concerns have made controlling smog a top national policy goal in China and enforcement an increasingly critical issue for companies to navigate.