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Carbon Dioxide 'Domes' Over Cities Could Increase Deaths, Study http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1269284919
Carbon dioxide "domes" that form over cities contribute to more deaths in those areas, a new study shows.
Although the total health impacts of such concentrations of CO2 are uncertain, they are of concern the study concluded.
"It is estimated that local CO2 emissions may increase premature mortality by 50 to 100 per year in California and 300 to 1,000 per year in the U.S.," the study says.
Conducted by a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University, Mark Jacobson, it states that, "Reducing locally emitted CO2 may reduce local air pollution mortality even if CO2 in adjacent regions is not controlled."
The research also highlights a gap in the carbon dioxide "cap and trade" proposal that was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in June last year.
Current air pollution regulations worldwide are broad and do not account for local health impacts under domes. The cap and trade system also does not consider controlling local CO2 based on local health impacts.
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