http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/03/science-wednesday-china-and-global-air-pollution/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=science-wednesday-china-and-global-air-pollution EPA's Blog About Our World Fri, 17 May 2013 15:29:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/03/science-wednesday-china-and-global-air-pollution/comment-page-1/#comment-15612 Ian Sun, 03 May 2009 17:12:20 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=693#comment-15612 Here in Northern Washington, a recent rain in the last week of April produced alot of dust on our cars, streets, and buildings. I know that Chinese dust storm season is March – May so it could be yellow dust but I can’t find any specific information. Usually the news around here makes a big deal about it. There was a large storm in China on April 23rd, but our dust washed out beofre that plus it takes a about a week to get here. Would you like a sample?

]]> http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/03/science-wednesday-china-and-global-air-pollution/comment-page-1/#comment-14736 Ko Tanaka Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:21:30 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=693#comment-14736 If this is in fact true that the pollutant from China is affecting the US soil, I wonder how the US made pollutant is affecting Europe, for instance.
Reportedly, US is responsible for 25% of the global CO2 production, which is greater than that of China together with the fact that we are closer to Europe than to China, it seems only reasonable to believe that we, US is polluting Europe more so than China to us. Then again, this kind of objective study would never be funded… not by the US agencies, unfortunately.

]]> http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/03/science-wednesday-china-and-global-air-pollution/comment-page-1/#comment-14578 Mark Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:15:34 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=693#comment-14578 That is a very interesting study. I would have thought that particulates from China would come down as rain before reaching the U.S., but it makes sense: clouds travel very far, and I suppose dust particles could be in those clouds?

]]> http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/03/science-wednesday-china-and-global-air-pollution/comment-page-1/#comment-14574 Jennifer B. Freeman Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:21:27 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=693#comment-14574 Much of the particulate pollution over Los Angeles originates in China, according to the Journal of Geophysical Research. Reported in 2007 in the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/26/world/asia/26china.html.
–Jennifer B. Freeman
Science and Sustainability Writer

]]> http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/03/science-wednesday-china-and-global-air-pollution/comment-page-1/#comment-14563 Concept Cars Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:43:22 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=693#comment-14563 Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals, biological materials and particulate matters that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms, or damages the environment into the atmosphere. Concept Cars

]]>