PM2.5

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PM2.5 - Particulate Matter Smaller than 2.5 Micrometers in Diameter
[Environmental Protection Agency]

News archive for PM2.5:

China will start to monitor new pollutants  -  04 Aug 2008
The Associated PressThe two pollutants, ozone and small particulate matter known as PM2.5, are not included in current air quality reports. The Ministry of Environmental

Măsuri suplimentare pentru reducerea poluării din Beijing  -  04 Aug 2008
Adevărul,Particulele ultrafine de praf (PM2,5), cu o mărime de doar 2,5 microni, sunt considerate deosebit de periculoase pentru sănătate, pentru că sunt suficient

JO-2008: la Chine poursuivra sa campagne anti-pollution après les JO  -  04 Aug 2008
XINHUA,..."Nous devrions être capables de commencer le contrôle suivi de l'ozone et des particules PM2,5 l'année prochaine, ce qui conduira à des mesures pour les

Po nÄ›kolika dnech pÄ›kného poÄ?así se Peking opÄ›t dusí ve smogu  -  04 Aug 2008
ÄŒeské noviny,Čína se odhodlala také zahájit ve vzduchu měření ozónu a mikroprachových Ä?ástic známých pod oznaÄ?ením PM2.5. Hodnoty tÄ›chto faktorů se zatím do denních

ÄŒESKÃ? PLYNÃ?RENSKÃ? UNIE: SilniÄ?ní doprava zůstává nejvÄ›tším ...  -  04 Aug 2008
FinExpert.cz,Je také druhým nejvÄ›tším zdrojem emisí PM10 a PM2,5, které mohou způsobit onemocnÄ›ní dýchacích cest. K dalším zdrojům zneÄ?iÅ¡tÄ›ní ovzduší patří průmyslový a

奥è¿?环ä¿?措施å?¯èƒ½ä¸ºä¸­å›½ä»Šå¾Œç§¯ç´¯ç»?验  -  04 Aug 2008
路�社,...中国目�的环境监测�检测空气中二氧化硫�二氧化氮�一氧化碳和PM10��入颗粒物的��,但未对PM2.5

OLYMPIJSKÉ PERLIÄŒKY  -  04 Aug 2008
Dennik Å port,Å¡tátna tlaÄ?ová agentúra Nová Čína, v hodnoteniach kvality ovzduÅ¡ia v Pekingu budú odteraz figurovaÅ¥ i namerané hodnoty ozónu a látky známej ako PM2,5.

BRASOVENII POT AFLA DE PE INTERNET CAT DE POLUAT E CARTIERUL UNDE ...  -  04 Aug 2008
Transilvania Expres,...oxizi de azot (NOx), dioxid de sulf (SO2), ozon (O3), benzen (C6H6), toluen, pulberi in suspensie (PM10 si PM2.5), etilbenzen din aerul ambiental.

Olimpiadi di Pechino: i 44 miliardi di costi e l´eredità ambientale  -  04 Aug 2008
Greenreport,L´anno prossimo, dovremo essere in grado di dar seguito al controllo dell´ozono e del particolato PM2,5 cosa che porterà a misure per il loro trattamento».

PM2.5 metal exposures and nocturnal heart rate variability: a ...  -  Jul 9, 2008
7thSpace Interactive (press release),Evidence suggests that metals play a role in the cardiotoxicity of fine PM (PM2.5) and in exposure-related decreases in heart rate variability (HRV).

Burning questions about health  -  Jul 20, 2008
Twin Cities Planet,Particles smaller than PM2.5, such as PM1 or PM.5, are called fine particulate emissions. Nano-particles are measured in one-billionths of a meter.

BAM-1020 accepted as Australian Standard  -  Jul 14, 2008
Environmental Expert (press release),Met One Instruments recently made history by becoming the first manufacturer to be awarded US EPA Class III equivalency designation for a continuous PM2.5

Chemists join Olympic clean-up effort  -  Jul 24, 2008
Chemistry World,PM2.5 - tiny solid or liquid particles suspended in the air with a diameter below 2.5 micrometres - is a major pollutant in Chinese cities.

Road transport is Europe's biggest polluter'  -  Jul 30, 2008
Lloyd's List,...volatile organic compounds, as well as the second-most important source of dust or ‘fine particulate emissions,’ known to experts as PM10 and PM2.5.

New Law Bolsters US Efforts to Make Ocean-Going Ships Cleaner  -  Jul 23, 2008
PressZoom (press release),In 2001, in terms of mobile sources, oceangoing vessels contributed nearly 6 percent of NOx, over 10 percent of PM2.5, and about 40 percent of SO2 to the

Transport remains main source of health-damaging pollutants  -  Jul 28, 2008
Environmental Expert (press release),...and non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs), and the second-most important source of fine particulate emissions (PM10 and PM2.5) in the EU-27.

Fuel Tech Schedules Second-Quarter Conference Call  -  Jul 30, 2008
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),...corrosion, opacity and acid plume, as well as the formation of sulfur trioxide, ammonium bisulfate, particulate matter (PM2.5), carbon dioxide and NOx.

Vermont issues air quality alert for weekend  -  Jul 18, 2008
Brattleboro Reformer,Therefore expect levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), to be in the unhealthy for sensitive groups range for most of the day, especially in southern

Portable Air Sampler  -  Jul 28, 2008
Test & Measurement,The MiniVol Portable Air Sampler can be configured to handle sample types such as particulate matter 10 (PM10), PM2.5 and total suspended particulate matter

IDEM forecasts high particle level today  -  Jul 18, 2008
Muncie Star Press,MUNCIE — The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is forecasting high levels of fine particles (PM2.5) in Delaware and Henry counties today.

Air Quality Update as of July 15, 2008  -  Jul 16, 2008
Gridley Herald,The AQI reported is based on the monitored 24-hour average of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) at each site. Since the AQI is an average, air quality will

16/07/08 - Power plant pollution is a confusing issue  -  Jul 16, 2008
Sleaford Today,Eco2 say PM2.5 pollution is a fact of life but we know natural dust is predominantly a minimum PM10 some 30 times larger than from straw combustion and does

Air Quality Advisory for July 11 - July 14  -  Jul 11, 2008
YubaNet,For current ozone and PM2.5 conditions or to learn more about air pollution go to www.sparetheair.com. Also, current PM2.5 levels in Nevada and Plumas

Thursday Morning Fire Update  -  Jul 31, 2008
KUTV,Weather conditions have allowed ambient concentrations of fine particulate matter PM2.5 to decrease to healthful levels in Butte County.

DEQ issues yellow air quality alert in the Treasure Valley  -  Jul 22, 2008
IdahoStatesman.com,Wildfire impacts are continuing to contribute to high particulate (PM2.5) levels in the Treasure Valley. All open outdoor burning and indoor burning is

KRVR: Barbee project at Fox Theatre Aug. 1  -  Jul 16, 2008
Kern Valley Sun,Jones cautioned that dust is the main emission source in the Kern Valley, and that new monitoring will be done for PM2.5, the more dangerous particulate

City Applies for Energy and Emissions Funding  -  Jul 21, 2008
Opinion250 News,Achieve Canada-wide Standards (CWS) for particulate matter (PM2.5) and ground-level ozone by 2010. This can be met by: the collaborative efforts of the City

Fuel Tech Awarded Air Pollution Control Orders Totaling $2.6 Million  -  Jul 24, 2008
FOXBusiness...corrosion, opacity and acid plume, as well as the formation of sulfur trioxide, ammonium bisulfate, particulate matter (PM2.5), carbon dioxide and NOx.

Road transport remains Europe’s single largest air polluter  -  Jul 29, 2008
EurActiv,It is also the second-most important source, behind the construction and residential sector, of fine particulate emissions (PM10 and PM2.5), which can cause

DEQ issues yellow air quality alert in the Treasure Valley  -  Jul 9, 2008
IdahoStatesman.com,Wildfire impacts are continuing to contribute to high particulate (PM2.5) levels in the Treasure Valley. All open outdoor burning and indoor burning is

Smoky conditions cause discomfort  -  Jul 7, 2008
Granite Bay Press Tribune,Average concentrations of fine particulates (PM2.5) continue to fluctuate throughout the day, with conditions ranging from hazardous to moderate.

THE PEPPER REPORT/Del Pepper - Rest assured, we're still working  -  Jul 14, 2008
Alexandria Times,The Board instructed VDEQ to return with a modified two-stack permit that would develop, among other things, PM2.5 emissions limits as part of the permit.

Officials address long-term health risks of air pollution in Fairbanks  -  Jul 23, 2008
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner,The pollution is called “particulate� pollution, or PM2.5, and consists of bits of airborne dust. When it becomes lodged deep in the lungs,

BANGLADESH: Killer in the kitchen  -  Jul 18, 2008
IRINnews.org,...particles the diameter of which is less than 10 microns (PM10), with recent attention focusing on even finer particles (PM2.5), the report said.

Strategic Forest, Paper & Packaging Sustainability News  -  Jul 10, 2008
Forest NewsWatch.com (subscription),...which concluded that direct health risks from primary and secondary exposure to emissions, including NO2, PM10, PM2.5, PAH and dioxins, are low.

US EPA, CARB, South Coast and SJV air districts, CalEPA sign joint ...  -  Jul 9, 2008
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),Despite having adopted stringent air quality controls, the South Coast and San Joaquin Valley Air Districts continue to have the most difficult PM2.5 and

環境ä¿?護部表示奧é?‹å¾Œç©ºæ°£è³ªé‡?ä¸?å??彈  -  Aug 3, 2008
新浪北美,...國家批准的,而監測站監測的技術設備和�範以��果是得到國際��的。 由於中國未將臭氧作為監測指標,樊元生表示,中國明年將會�臭氧和PM2.5

ç§?访消烟:无烟é¤?馆空气好其他é¤?馆"爱抽抽"  -  Jul 31, 2008
æ–°å?Žç½‘,...å??为《北京市内烟雾污染情况测é‡?》的研究课题,通过烟雾污染室内环境的实验室研究å?‘现,当室内无人å?¸çƒŸæ—¶ï¼Œç©ºæ°”æ´?净度良好,空气中的微å°?颗粒物PM2.5

PM2·5, 새로운 수법 검토 í•„ìš”  -  Jul 10, 2008
환경�보,...대기 환경기준 등 환경 지표� 설정� 위해 미소 입�장 물질(PM2·5)� 건강 리스�를 정량 �가하기 위한 새로운 수법� 검토하는 목��다.

环ä¿?官员:北京监测空气的设备和结果获国际认å?¯  -  Aug 3, 2008
中国新闻网,...而且我们还是在两�标准里,哪个严格执行哪个标准。 樊元生�时表示,关于臭氧和PM2.5

环境ä¿?护部表示奥è¿?å?Žç©ºæ°”è´¨é‡?ä¸?å??å¼¹  -  Aug 3, 2008
新浪网,...由于中国未将臭氧作为监测指标,樊元生表示,中国明年将会对臭氧和PM2.5

ë?„ì¿„, ì?¼ë³¸ 최초 PM 2.5 ê´‘ì—­ 대기환경조사  -  Jul 31, 2008
환경�보,...�쿄�는 올해 미소입��물질(PM2.5)� 대해 대기환경조사를 실시한다. 1년 4회 실시할 계��며, �중 하계�는 간토, 나가노, 야마나시와 시즈오카 등 모� 16개

北京空氣質é‡?é?”了什麼標?  -  Jul 21, 2008
BBC中文網,...比��入顆粒物(PM10)�害更大的是細微顆粒物(PM2.5

ç’°ä¿?官員:北京監測空氣的設備和çµ?æžœç?²åœ‹éš›èª?å?¯  -  Aug 3, 2008
新浪北美,...而且我們還是在兩種標準里,哪個嚴格執行哪個標準。 樊元生�時表示,關于臭氧和PM2.5

Aire contaminado puede quitar hasta dos años de vida según la ...  -  Jul 23, 2008
El Tiempo (Colombia),Los estudios llevados a cabo en las últimas dos décadas muestran que esas micropartículas, PM10 y PM2.5 pueden permanecen flotando en el aire hasta dos días

室内ç¦?烟ä¸?è¾¾100%将难ç»?“二手烟â€?å?±å®³  -  Jul 14, 2008
中国烟�在线(新闻�布),2.5微米的细颗粒物(PM2.5

La pollution tue  -  Jul 28, 2008
Bluewin,Ces derniers ont surveillé le lien entre les niveaux de particules polluantes appelées PM10 et PM2,5 en raison de leur taille respectivement inférieure à 10

L'auto toujours coupable de polluer l'air  -  Jul 29, 2008
Moteurnature.com,Pour les particules enfin (PM10 et PM2,5), on accuse toujours le diesel, le rapport de l'EEA vient prouver une nouvelle fois qu'il n'y a pas de quoi.

飘尘的特性  -  Jul 28, 2008
资�网,...③细微粒中有机�分��,PM2.5

王维洛:北京空气质é‡?达了什么标  -  Jul 22, 2008
大纪元时报-澳洲版,...比��入颗粒物(PM10)�害更大的是细微颗粒物(PM2.5




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