Trash burning worldwide significantly worsens air pollution
Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 27, 2014 - Unregulated trash burning around the globe is pumping far more pollution into the atmosphere than shown by official records. A new study led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research estimates that more than 40 percent of the world's garbage is burned in such fires, emitting gases and particles that can substantially affect human health and climate change. The new study provides the ... more

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