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Micro-pollutant removal product picks up Aquatech Innovation Award

Envirotec Magazine

As the organizers explain: “The Aquatech Innovation Award recognises world-class innovations and technologies that have the potential to disrupt the global water market. Then a little bit of ozone is added to avoid the formation of bromates.

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A fresh crop of data

Envirotec Magazine

Record hot temperatures in the UK over the summer caused significant changes to the levels of harmful pollutants such as ozone and particulate matter, prompting a number of novel observations by the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS). Ozone events and their origins. g in rural areas, and the WHO guideline limit is 100?g.

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Study flags night-time air pollution in China as potential health threat

Envirotec Magazine

China is a night-time ‘hot-spot’ for the production of nitrate radicals (PNO3) that could have a major impact on health-threatening ozone and fine particulates (PM2.5) The study seems to show that, if recent increasing ozone pollution trends continue, nighttime oxidation in China will increase further even if NOx emissions are reduced.

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An eco-friendly process for removing odorous VOCs in industries

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A research team has developed a green technology for eliminating odorous volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and their by-products, such as residual ozone and formaldehyde.

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What are ‘planetary boundaries’ and why should we care?

Envirotec Magazine

Like all other living organisms, we survive by using Earth’s resources. We’ve done it already in the 1990s, when international cooperation quickly phased out ozone-depleting chemicals and stopped the dangerous ozone hole from getting ever-bigger. We are still in the green for ozone-depleting chemicals. The bill comes due.

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New flue solution for VOCs

Envirotec Magazine

A green technology for eliminating odorous volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and their by-products has been developed by a group from the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH). while minimizing the ozone generation typically produced by plasma, according to the group.

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Lockdown impacts: New study collects data on pollutants in the atmosphere

Envirotec Magazine

It focuses on the following air pollutants: nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter, ozone, ammonia, sulfur dioxide, black carbon, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and carbon monoxide. In contrast, ozone levels increased. The study also seemingly highlights current gaps in the data collection and the need for further research.

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