Residents claim they often choke on the dust in the air in the evenings.
Measurements in the town on Monday showed levels of the dust in the air were three times the maximum safety level.
Vast open-pit mines that spew clouds of dust into the air scar a landscape that locals say was largely pristine only a few years ago.
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The explosion is similar to blasts that have occurred in industries, such as in a coal mine when coal dust in the air ignites and explodes.
But then throw in the Kamchatka volcanoes, which are throwing massive amounts of dust into the air, causing the Arctic to be even colder and Arctic winds to push farther south, and you get a very drastic change in patterns.
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Planners have asked developer Cory Wheelabrator to clarify concerns over noise, dust, smell, air pollution and health at the site near King's Lynn.
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Dr. Kennett's argument is that a swarm of meteorites punched through the atmosphere and caused a vast conflagration, filling the air with dust and soot.
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They wouldn't open windows to let any fresh air and any dust inside the apartments.
Plowing the same patch on Thursday that he had plowed on Monday, sending up a cloud of dust that hovered in the air.
Many of the barracks were destroyed by the retreating Nazis, but some still stand, thick with time-trodden dust and heavy with eerie air.
But such is their persistence that they can also be found in soil, sediment, food, air and house dust, and 97% of Americans have detectable levels in their bodies.
As one who has conducted field research and been mountaineering in the Himalayas for over four decades, I can personally attest to unbelievably dramatic changes in the glacial profiles I have witnessed over those many years, as well as recognizing what is now termed aerosol hot spots, the warming combination of dust and carbon in the air.
As the lake bed dries, dust will be whipped into the air.
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The heat from the friction of its descent into the denser air can ignite the dust and debris in a display of astronomical fireworks.
We ford streams, some deep as Nell's knees, then head into a vast, newly burned area where dust covers our faces and the air still smells of ash.
They own MacBook Air laptops but they gather dust.
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"Intelligent dust" that can be used to measure air toxins is one such quest.
Since household dust is often where many of the toxins that enter our home end up, do your dusting with a damp cloth that actually collects and removes dust rather than stir it back into the air.
For years, public health researchers have been running projects that demonstrate that asthma symptoms can be substantially reduced by working in homes to remove or clean moldy carpets, provide indoor air filters and reduce infestations of dust mites and cockroaches.
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Alerted by the disruption caused to all air traffic by the Iceland volcano dust explosion in April 2010 to the power of using social media to communicate with frustrated passengers, KLM started intercepting their customers' Tweets and Facebook remarks and dreaming up little surprise, individualised gifts or events - when, at least, some of them travel.
It is bliss to breathe in clean, fresh air with no coal smoke and no dust.
Despite big promises, few air purifiers can rid your home of irritants like pollen, dust, and smoke.
Deegan cautioned that workers in the disaster site should continue using dust masks and respirators and keeping the debris wet to reduce particulates in the air.
Dust from two wood recycling plants in Greater Manchester could be making people living near the sites ill, air quality experts have said.
One theory is that a growing mass of particulates, such as coal dust and biomass (from the widespread use of cow dung as fuel, for instance) in the air above India, now hinders rainfall.
And the air quality around the plant ought to improve, too, Ford says, because the roof will trap dust, absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen into the environment.
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