Pollution Can Change Your DNA in 3 Days, Study Suggests

Pollution Can Change Your DNA in 3 Days, Study Suggests
Ker Than
for National Geographic News
May 17, 2009
Breathing in polluted air may wreak havoc on our DNA, reprogramming genes in as few as three days and causing increased rates of cancer and other diseases.
So says a new study that tracked DNA [...]

Exerpt from Peak-Oil Prophet James Howard Kunstler on Car Dependancy & the Obvious Link to Obesity in North America

KT: A study has just come out showing that although the French spend two hours eating each day — roughly twice as long as we do — they’re among the slimmest of the 18 nations in the study. Americans were the fattest, with more than 1 in 3 Americans qualifying as obese. How would you [...]

Air Pollution Endangers Lives of Six in 10 Americans | Drive-thrus Contribute

Air Pollution Endangers Lives of Six in 10 Americans
WASHINGTON, DC, April 29, 2009 (ENS) – Six out of every 10 Americans – 186.1 million people – live in areas where air pollution endangers lives, according to the 10th annual American Lung Association State of the Air report released today.
Some of the biggest sources of [...]

Greenhouse Gas Bulletin

WMO Greenhouse gas bulletin
Courtesy of World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Originally published Nov. 2008
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[Note: On the PDF above - Page 9.  We are actually at 288 PPMV and not 281 as the report states.  This is due to the fact their reference date is 2006 and now we are 2009.  A 7 [...]

NEW STUDY | Benefits of Meeting Clean Air Standards

California Loses $28 Billion Yearly Due to Health Effects of Pollution. By Louis Sahagun, LATimes, November 13, 2008. “The California economy loses about $28 billion annually due to premature deaths and illnesses linked to ozone and particulates spewed from hundreds of locations in the South Coast and San [...]

A New RWDI Report as Commissioned by the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario

This was discovered while reading a new report on Ontario’s Undervalued Water: 2007/08 Annual Report – Getting to K(No)w
Here is a report (full report is attached) presented to Gord Miller, Ontario Environmental Commissioner:
“Predicting Air Quality at Street Level – A State-of-Science Review Study – 08 April 2008 Project [...]

STUDY | CARCINOGENS FROM CAR EXHAUST CAN LINGER

From: Science News, Aug. DAY, 2008
Cancer-causing agents’ interaction with nanoparticles could make the chemicals as harmful as cigarette smoke, lab study suggests
By Davide Castelvecchi
The daily exposure to free radicals from car exhaust, smokestacks and even your neighbors’ barbecue could be as harmful as smoking, according to a new study. Many combustion processes, such as those [...]

Canadian Medical Association Press Release | National Illness Costs of Air Pollution

New CMA Report Warns Poor Air Quality Killing Canadians
OTTAWA, August 13, 2008 – The Canadian Medical Association released staggering new data today showing that this year alone as many as 21,000 Canadians will die prematurely from the effects of air pollution. While most of those deaths will be due [...]

Vancouver Idling Bylaw as Proposed by Richard Stanwick | Chief Medical Officer | June 12th 2008

Provided by Richard Stanwick | Chief Medical Health Officer | Vancouver Island Health Authority | #430 – 1900 Richmond Avenue | Victoria, BC V8R 4R2

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Website: http://www.viha.ca/mho

Staff Recommendations Revised | July 15th 2008

Changes proposed by planning staff, actually, one person, Gregg Barrett, for the July 15th, 2008 meeting.
As you will see, the previous requirement to amend the official plan before an application for a drive-through could be considered if it was not listed as permitted use in the plan has been removed.
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