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This paper estimates the causal impact of party affiliation (Republican or Democrat) of U.S. governors on pollution. Using a regression discontinuity design, gubernatorial election data, and air quality data from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), we find that pollution is lower under Democratic governors.
Louis-Philippe Beland, Vincent Boucher
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Bad Water 2009: The Impact on Human Health in the Chesapeake Bay Region [PDF]
The report links pollution to human health risks and calls on the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to act now to reduce that pollution and the potential threats to human ...
Tom Pelton
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Pollution lumineuse, pollution insidieuse
RESUME Contrairement aux autres sources de pollution, l’agression lumineuse par les nouvelles sources de lumiere artificielle sont moins souvent denoncees. Et cependant, la retine y est constamment exposee. A tout le moins une photo-protection par des verres filtrant les rayonnements nocifs pour la retine pourrait etre a recommander, tout ...
Dominique Chauvaud+3 more
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Environmental regulation and competitiveness: Evidence from Romania [PDF]
According to the pollution haven hypotheses differences in environmental regulation affect trade flows and plant location. Specifically, environmental stringency should decrease exports and increase imports of “dirty” goods.
Caporale, GM, Rault, C, Sova, A, Sova, R
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The Role of Tradable Permits in Water Pollution Control [PDF]
This paper was prepared as a conceptual framework to stimulate discussions on the role and applicability of tradable permits in water pollution control among participants of the Technical Seminar on the Feasibility of the Application of Tradable Water ...
Eduard Interweis+2 more
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In the editorial, "Marine pollution" (8 January 1971, page 21), the value given for the concentration of mercury found in tuna (paragraph 2, line 10, 0.5 x 10-6 part per billion) is incorrect. The correct value is 500 parts per billion.
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The most common decay used for measuring 2beta_s, the phase of Bs-Bsbar mixing, is Bs -> J/psi phi. This decay is dominated by the colour-suppressed tree diagram, but there are other contributions due to gluonic and electroweak penguin diagrams.
ALAKABHA DATTA+4 more
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Preventive conservation strategies for sustainable urban pollution control in museums [PDF]
The last 40 years have seen major changes in the sources and concentrations of urban pollution (nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and particulates).
Blades, N+3 more
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Water pollution is the contamination of water, Likes rivers, Lakes, Etc. Usually, as a result of human activities, it negatively affects its legitimate uses. Water is the great blessing of Allah; no one can withstand without water. Everybody needs water for their survival of life. It is estimated that 70% of humans rely on water.
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Profiling the victims: public awareness of pollution-related harm in China [PDF]
This article aims to identify factors which influence public awareness of health or economic harm from pollution in China. Based on an analysis of the China General Social Survey (CGSS) carried out nationwide by Renmin University and HKUST in 2006, it ...
Munro, Neil
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