The worm turns for IAQ sensing?
Researchers at the University of Turku in Finland have developed a new method for measuring indoor air quality, making use of fluorescent nematodes.
World Air Quality Report 2022 highlights pollution hotspots
A nuanced appraisal emerges from the 2022 World Air Quality report - compiled by Swiss air quality technology company IQAir - which includes a...
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£10.7 million for local authorities
Local authorities across England have been granted almost £11 million in the latest round of funding for projects intended to help improve air quality.
Almost nowhere on Earth safe from PM2.5, says Melbourne study
A seemingly world-first study of daily ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) across the globe reports that only 0.18% of the global land area and...
A mixture of trees purifies urban air best, reports Swedish study
Conifers are generally better than broadleaved trees at purifying air from pollutants. But deciduous tree may be better at capturing particle-bound pollution. A new...
Cheap charcoal air filters substantially improve in-vehicle air quality
A cheap charcoal air filter can reduce nitrogen dioxide (NO2) inside vehicles by as much as 90%, compared to levels outside the vehicle, according...
Novel air filter captures wide variety of pollutants
An air filter made out of corn protein instead of petroleum products can concurrently capture small particulates as well as toxic chemicals like formaldehyde...
Prioritise tackling toxic emissions from tyres, urge experts
A new briefing paper from Imperial College London attempts a deep dive on the pollution produced by the particles sloughed off from vehicle tyres....
Some local authorities pushing ahead on integrating clean air and Net Zero
A new report argues that Birmingham, Camden, Hertfordshire, Leeds and Nottingham are leading the way in integrating climate and clean air policies but says...
Reappraising assumptions about ozone in European cities
Ozone levels near the surface in urban environments are lower than expected, in the results of an Austrian research group
The 40-meter-high monitoring tower of...
Study flags night-time air pollution in China as potential health threat
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...
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Particle profiling
A new study has found high concentrations of small particles in the air in the Copenhagen Metro.
SEPA issues first variable penalty
A landfill site in Glasgow has been served with a civil penalty of £6,200 by SEPA for a breach of its environmental permit resulting in an offensive odour that affected local communities for eight days in June 2021 and 138 complaints.
Purifiers improve heart health, says study
A six-month study concludes that the use of portable home air purifiers can improve some markers of cardiovascular health in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.
The lens of history: Reflections on the 70th anniversary of the Great Smog
The London smog of 1952 was certainly tragic in its effect, claiming over 12,000 lives. But it also marked the moment when air pollution's harms were finally acknowledged, and efforts began to legislate against it. Early December saw the 70th anniversary, and a time for reflection and stock-taking by environmental health experts, including a fascinating lecture by Dr Ian Mudway of Gresham College.
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Sandwell clean air project backed with £50,000 government funding
A pilot project in Sandwell to reduce poor air quality through community measures has been backed by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) with a...
Complaint launched after government misses legal deadline on environmental protections
On 1 November green groups submitted a letter of complaint to Defra after the Government failed to meet a legal deadline on setting new...
