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Suzanne Potter California News Service California tiene uno de los aires más sucios del país, según el nuevo informe Estado del Aire de la Asociación Estadounidense del Pulmón. Los investigadores analizaron la contaminación por ozono y por partículas, tanto a corto como a largo plazo. Trece condados obtuvieron una...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service California has some of the dirtiest air in the nation, according to the American Lung Association’s new State of the Air report. Researchers looked at ozone pollution and both short and long-term particle pollution. Thirteen counties got an “F” grade in all three categories....
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters Cuando María Reyes emigró de México y se estableció en West Long Beach a fines de la década de 1980, pensó que sería el vecindario perfecto para criar a su creciente familia. A medida que sus tres hijos crecieron y comenzaron a ser más activos en...
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters When Maria Reyes migrated from Mexico and settled in West Long Beach in the late 1980s, she thought it would be the perfect neighborhood to raise her growing family. As her three children grew up and started being more active in school, they started developing strange...
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Across the country, fall is synonymous with the new school year: sharpened pencils, new bento-style lunch boxes and, for many, the return of the iconic yellow school bus. Only this year, millions of students will be transported by yellow school buses that are electric. This change was several years in...
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters En su clase de quinto grado en una escuela de Los Ángeles, un día en que las temperaturas exteriores alcanzaron los 46 grados Celsius, el calor le provocó dolor de cabeza a Lilian Chin. El aire acondicionado de su aula estaba roto. Tenía los dedos entumecidos...
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters In her fifth grade class in a Los Angeles school, on a day when outdoor temperatures reached 116 degrees, the heat gave Lilian Chin a headache. The air conditioner in her classroom was broken. Her fingers felt numb and she vomited in class, according to her mother....
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Do you have any tips for how to improve my home’s air quality without breaking the bank? Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk The key to a healthy indoor environment is clean air, but many of the finishes and furniture in a typical home or office off-gas pollutants that...
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Rebecca Harpster Golden Gate Better Business Bureau My apartment building doesn’t have AC, so in the summer heat I’ve had to keep my fans on full blast whenever I’m home. If, like me, you don’t currently have an air conditioning (AC) unit, you may be thinking about getting one....