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Legal updates in Korea Published : Jan. 26, 2026 – 13:28:59 Jung Min-kyung Updated Law: Enforcement Rule of the Indoor Air Quality Control Act What it does: Lowers allowable indoor ultrafine dust levels in public-use facilities Took effect: Jan. 1 South Korea has strengthened indoor air quality rules for public facilities in an effort to

Oct. 24, 2024 at 2:04 am Updated Oct. 24, 2024 at 2:33 pm      1 of 2 | FILE – Contractors Luis Benitez, foreground, and Jose Diaz, background, clean up lead paint in a contaminated building, Feb. 23, 2006, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki) By  MATTHEW DALY The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks

Study followed 1.5 million people over 15 years Joe Bongiorno · The Canadian Press · Posted: Aug 07, 2024 3:49 PM PDT | Last Updated: August 7 McGill professor breaks down how vehicle and industry pollution affect our health Duration 4:46 Scott Weichenthal is with McGill University’s department of epidemiology and biostatistics, and is the

A first-of-its kind study conducted in Canada’s two largest cities by McGill-led researchers has linked about 1,100 premature deaths per year to an unregulated air pollutant. Ultrafine particles (UFPs) primarily come from vehicle emissions and industrial activities. Canada’s federal and provincial governments have not set concentration limits for UFPs, as they have for larger fine

By Andrew R Chow/Granbury, Texas | Photographs by Jake Dockins for TIME An aerial view of Marathon Digital Holdings’ bitcoin mine in Granbury, Texas, on May 21, 2024. Drone operation by Izaac Costiniano On an evening in December 2023, 43-year-old small business owner Sarah Rosenkranz collapsed in her home in Granbury, Texas and was rushed

Researchers find that exposure to aircraft noise is tied to a higher body mass index, which can increase risk of heart attack and stroke June 4, 2024 2 Jillian McKoy As you jet off on vacation this summer, spare a thought for those living under your flight path. The noise of your plane whisking you

Individuals who are frequently exposed to airplane noise are more at risk of developing a cluster of cardiometabolic conditions such as heart attack, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and hypertension. A new study has discovered that people who are regularly exposed to airplanes and helicopters flying overhead are more likely to have a high BMI – a risk factor for multiple

We often use the black humor that “our electeds treat Sea-Tac Airport like electeds in West Virginia treat coal miners.” And this article shows exactly what we mean. The best we can seem to do for coal miners is to do something called ‘mitigation’, ie. treating their symptoms. Miners routinely kill themselves to feed their

The sound of airplanes flying overhead late at night is linked to a slight increase in hospital admissions for heart-related problems the following day, a study from Imperial College London suggests. Researchers from Imperial and the University of Leicester combined hospital admissions and mortality data with environmental modeling to assess short-term associations between aircraft noise