经济学人:空气污染来袭 如何保护我们的肺(上)

Science and technology: Air-pollution: Breathtaking 科学与技术：空气污染：屏气吞声 Air-quality indices make pollution seem less bad than it is. 空气质量指数粉饰了空气污染情况。 Smoking a whole packet of cigarettes in a

波兰工程师研发空气净化设备

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. From Asia to Europe to North America, poor air quality is making people sick and, in some cases, killing them at an early age. Air pollution causes six million premature deaths every yea

研究探讨空气污染的严重性和可预防的效果

AS IT IS 2015-06-30 Study Explores Air Pollutions Deadly, Preventable Effects 研究探讨空气污染的严重性和可预防的效果 Air pollution is the biggest environmental health risk in the world, says the World Health Organization. Part of t

印度发明家把污染转变成墨水

Indian Inventors Turn Pollution into Ink Workers at an Indian start-up company are busy cutting up pieces of metal and using them to make unusual devices. Company officials say these devices will capture smoke from diesel generators and turn it into

数据预测北京还要再呼吸16年雾霾

A trickle of statements from Chinese leaders in recent months have given hope to some residents of Beijing and other smog-choked Chinese cities that they might regularly breathe clean air within a few years. Prime Minister Li Keqiang in March declare

VOA慢速英语2013 AS IT IS 2013-05-10 Air Pollution Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Disease

AS IT IS 2013-05-10 Air Pollution Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Disease From VOA Learning English, this is As It Is. Im Caty Weaver. Welcome back! Cardiovascular diseases kill about 17 million people around the world every year. Heart attacks and

VOA慢速英语2015 美国研究空气污染与自闭症的关系

US Study Links Air Pollution to Autism 美国研究空气污染与自闭症的关系 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle Report. Autism spectrum disorder is a developmental disability. People with autism have trouble communicating

VOA慢速英语2016 80%城镇居民呼吸的空气不安全

WHO: 80% of Urban Residents Breathe Unsafe Air 80%城镇居民呼吸的空气不安全 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. 这里是VOA慢速英语健康生活频道。 A new study finds that more than 80 percent of people

VOA标准英语2012--Global Air Pollution Threat Grows

Global Air Pollution Threat Grows A lot of attention is being paid to greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. But scientists warn that other pollutants may make it harder to breathe in some places in years to come. By the year 205

VOA标准英语2012--Air Pollution Linked to Cognitive Decline

Air Pollution Linked to Cognitive Decline Several years ago a massive survey of women called the Nurses' Health Study began collecting data on memory, thinking skills and other cognitive measures. Jennifer Weuve of the Rush Institute of Healthy Aging

VOA双语新闻：世界气象日关注污染与健康关系

The United Nations' World Meteorological Organization says there is a close relationship between weather-climate systems and global pollution. The organization says these relationships also affect people's health. 这个星期一是世界气象日，联

空气污染能引发心脏病

43 空气污染能引发心脏病 DATE=7-6-01 TITLE=ENVIRONMENT REPORT - Pollution Linked to Heart Attacks BYLINE=Cynthia Kirk （Start at 59

我国沈阳遭遇历史最严重雾霾污染

Chinese state media and netizens have decried high pollution levels in the northeast city of Shenyang, which activists have said could be the worst ever air quality seen in the country. 中国官方媒体和网民们对中国东北部沈阳市的重度

世卫:低收入国家空气质量低

UNITED NATIONS, May 12 (Xinhua) -- More than 80 percent of people living in urban areas that monitor air pollution are exposed to air quality levels that exceed the limits set by the World Health Organization (WHO), a UN spokesman said here Thursday.

CCTV9英语新闻：2013北京空气质量没有改善

Despite pledges in the last year to fight pollution, Beijing saw barely any improvement in air quality in 2013. The Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau says the intensity of major air pollutants remained much the same in 2013 as they were in the

研究称空气污染可能加速大脑衰老

Exposure to air pollution may hasten brain aging, a new study has found. 一项新研究发现，暴露在空气污染中可能会加速大脑衰老。 Researchers studied 1,403 women without dementia who were initially enrolled in a large health stu

Rio more polluted than NY, Paris or London

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Rio de Janeiro has the highest level of air pollution in Brazil, and is more polluted than many other world metropolis like New York, London and Paris, a World Health Organization (WHO) study said Monday. Accordin

China vows more transparency in pollution control

BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- China's environmental watchdog said on Thursday that it will work to promote the prompt disclosure of air quality reports and monitoring results for other types of pollution. The disclosure of information on major pollut

China mulls BBQ ban in major cities

BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The pressures of severe air pollution have prompted China's environmental watchdog to consider pushing forward a legal ban on barbecues in densely populated urban areas. Barbecues should be strictly controlled in cities t

经济学人267:空气污染 英国需要采取更多措施来净化污浊的空气

Air pollution 空气污染 The big smoke 雾都 Britain needs to do more to clean up its dirty air 英国需要采取更多措施来净化污浊的空气 VISITING Oxford Street, a road teeming with tatty shops and overcrowded with people, is plainly