Wednesday, May 23 2012 11:42 AM EDT2012-05-23 15:42:54 GMT
Tornadoes in Kansas certainly are no rarity and one during a special day like a wedding can be devastating. But for one central Kansas couple, a tornado last Saturday is one they will never forget andMore >>
Tornadoes in Kansas certainly are no rarity and one during a special day like a wedding can be devastating. But for one central Kansas couple, a tornado last Saturday is one they will never forget and they've got the pictures to prove it.More >>
Tuesday, May 22 2012 11:44 PM EDT2012-05-23 03:44:42 GMT
On Tuesday, the Beaufort County Coroner released the names of the two people involved in a wreck May 18 at Skull Creek Drive and Seabrook Drive on Hilton Head Plantation.More >>
On Tuesday, the Beaufort County Coroner released the names of the two people involved in a wreck May 18 at Skull Creek Drive and Seabrook Drive on Hilton Head Plantation.More >>
Wednesday, May 23 2012 7:26 PM EDT2012-05-23 23:26:06 GMT
A man has been charged after 19 dogs were found abandoned in his home was sentenced on Wednesday morning.More >>
A man charged after 19 dogs were found abandoned in his home was sentenced on Wednesday morning. However, as WTOC reported Tuesday, 10 felony counts were reduced to two misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty, causing frustration among Animal Control officers.More >>
SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) -
Indoor air quality has vastly improved at several venues that went smoke-free in 2011, according to a study by the Department of Health Behavior and Aerosol Pollution Exposure Research Laboratory at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
The city of Savannah's smoke-free ordinance went into effect in 2011. The study shows a 94 percent decline in very unhealthy particle pollution levels at those businesses. The study was spearheaded by the Chatham County Health Dept.
Volunteers measured fine particle emissions inside of 11 businesses where patrons were smoking in August 2010, according to the Coastal Health District. Some personal aerosol monitors registered levels deemed "very unhealthy" by the U.S. United States Environmental Protection Agency's Air Quality Index, according to the Coastal Health District.
In November 2011 the air quality at those same 11 locations registered a "good" rating.
The study found that employees and patrons in Savannah bars and restaurants with indoor smoking, prior to the smoke-free air law, were exposed to harmful levels of indoor air pollution resulting from indoor smoking, according to the Coastal Health District.
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