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The smoke is moving westward from the Atlantic coast, and affected Florida more severely than Georgia. In Georgia, it stayed south of the Fall Line, a prehistoric geologic divide that traverses ...
2015 Tbilisi flood. Situated in the South Caucasus Region bordered by the Black Sea to the West, the Russian Federation to the North, Azerbaijan to the East, Turkey to the Southwest, and Armenia to the South, Georgia is a small country supplied with profitable natural resources, heavenly scenes, copious water assets, rich living spaces, and ecosystems that are of local and worldwide significance.
This is a list of Superfund sites in Georgia designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
Air pollution was found to be associated with increased incidence and mortality from coronary stroke. [190] Associations are believed to be causal and effects may be mediated by vasoconstriction, low-grade inflammation and atherosclerosis. [191] Other mechanisms such as autonomic nervous system imbalance have also been suggested. [192] [193]
In short, yes, air pollution can increase risks of developing or irritating symptoms of type 2 diabetes, according to multiple studies. A study by the Washington University School of Medicine and ...
A fire broke out at the BioLab plant in Conyers, Ga., on Sept. 29. About 17,000 people have evacuated in Rockdale County, with businesses being asked to close until the shelter-in-place is lifted
Air pollution is among the biggest health problems of modern industrial society and is responsible for more than 10 percent of all deaths worldwide (nearly 4.5 million premature deaths in 2019), according to The Lancet. Air pollution can affect nearly every organ and system of the body, negatively affecting nature and humans alike.
“Twenty-four coal-fired units in Georgia have either shut down or converted to firing natural gas since the beginning of this study, resulting in a 98.4% reduction of mercury emissions from coal ...