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WEBThe Met Office explain their Air Quality Data Portal. Since we reported on The Met Office launching an Air Quality Data Portal, they have produced this short film in which air quality scientists Dr Eleanor Smith and Lucy Neal discuss it with Alex Deakin. They explain what the portal is, what features it has, who it’s for, and where the data ...
CO2 affects human health at lower levels than previously thought
WEBJul 10, 2019 · Exposure to carbon dioxide (CO2) poses direct risks to human health at lower levels than previously thought, research has found. Reviewing current studies on the subject, American academics concluded that exposure to ambient CO2 in indoor environments can have harmful effects on the human body at much lower levels, causing health problems such as inflammation, reduced cognitive performance and ...
This is the most advanced interactive map of UK air pollution ever ...
WEBMay 4, 2022 · A tool that has been touted as the most advanced street-by-street map of UK air pollution levels has launched, allowing citizens to locate their home and receive a full breakdown of the types of air pollution identified in their area. The Address Pollution resource was created by the Central Office of Public Interest (Copi) and Imperial College ...
Indoor – AirQualityNews
WEBReport shows over half of people are worried about air quality impacting their health. Today, Dyson launched their ‘Air Purity Pulse Check’ report which delves into the views of the public and business leaders on the problem of indoor air pollution. View. Headlines Indoor.
Air pollution second only to smoking for Chronic Respiratory …
WEBMay 3, 2023 · Air pollution was cited as the second leading risk factor for CRD deaths worldwide in 2019, accounting for around 1.3 million deaths and South Asia accounted for nearly half of them. The report says that good progress has been made in lowering age-adjusted rates of deaths but this trend varied by geographical location and gender.
Air quality experts, medics, politicians respond to Chief Medical ...
WEBDec 15, 2022 · It’s been one week since England’s most senior medical advisor, Sir Chris Whitty, published an in-depth analysis of UK air quality, leading to a slew of comments from scientists, doctors, campaigners, politicians and more. With between 26,000 and 38,000 annual deaths attributed to illnesses directly linked to air pollution in…
First map of cargo ship pollution demystifies regulatory effects
WEBAug 5, 2022 · So-called ‘ship tracks’ can offer an insight into the impact of emissions policy on air pollution – a major step forward for climate modelling. Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), have published a new study which uses satellite data garnered between 2003 and 2020 to gauge the…
The implication of having air pollution on a death certificate
WEBDec 18, 2020 · Cristiana De Lia, clean air campaign lead at Global Action Plan writes for Air Quality News about the monumental impact of Wednesday’s ruling that air pollution led to the death of 9-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah.. This week marked a historic day for the UK and the world, as Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah became the first person to officially have air pollution listed as a cause of death on her death ...
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Computer simulation measures population exposure to air …
WEBThere have been many attempts to accurately measure the exposure of a population to air pollution and those attempts have used a variety of techniques to try and improve on previous efforts. The London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory, for example, maps pollution fields and measures exposure levels across age groups based on an averaged level of ...