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Category: Air Quality News
ClientEarth Business Update
December 2020: ClientEarth dwell on the continued efforts to fight Covid-19 and the encouraging Ten Point Plan government has committed for a Green Industrial Revolution.
Wood burners should come with a health warning, study suggests
Wood burners have been found to triple levels of harmful indoor pollution, and should not be used around the vulnerable, scientists determine. People who load wood into a wood burner are exposed to twice as much pollution than those who…
Toxic danger from wood burning and tyre particles
Swiss analysis of different sources of air pollution revealed poor air quality is the fourth biggest risk factor for early death Globally, breathing polluted air has been identified as the fourth largest risk factor for premature death. The real health…
Train-mounted sensors allow cost-effective air monitoring
Mobile devices fitted to trains can sense greenhouse gas emissions and monitor air quality at a lower cost.
Cross River Partnership project to clean up air pollution along the Thames
Funding available to help commercial freight and passenger boat fleets retrofit in an effort to improve air quality on the Thames Cross River Partnership, a non-profit organisation, launched the second rough of funding in aid of the Clean Air Thames…
Working from home could increase air pollution in cities
Air pollution may increase in larger cities due to stay-at-home workers, a report has found A study by the think tank Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) focusing on the effect of working from home on local pollution has used…
Public call for UK law to reflect WHO air pollution limits
British public is in favour of action against air pollution, a YouGov poll has revealed The survey, involving 2,000 adults, found 54% were in favour of strengthening the UK’s laws in line within the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines for…
Air pollution leading to Ella Kissi-Debrah’s death should have been highlighted as a public health emergency, council expert announces
Lewisham Council has been scrutinised as acting at a ‘glacial pace’ over the issue of unlawful levels of air pollution in spite of knowing the risks, the Kissi-Debrah inquest has heard. Ella lived metres from the South Circular Road in…
Landmark inquest to determine if air pollution killed Ella Kissi-Debrah based on WCRAQ Chair of Air Health’s report
New inquest will determine if illegal levels of air pollution played a role in Ella’s death eight years on, which could help save other children. A fresh inquest commencing on Monday will investigate the death of an asthmatic nine-year-old schoolgirl…