Naomi Shah's environmental study
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Students look on as Naomi Shah describes her environmental study, which examined the connection between air pollution and exacerbations of illness in people with respiratory diseases, such as asthma.
Quantifying the effects of particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide on health, Shah developed a mathematical model to determine the specific effects of these pollutants, which can contribute to the deaths of more than 1.6 million people each year.
Read about Naomi's project
July 12, 2011 11:40 AM PDT
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