Barry Sheerman, MP for Huddersfield, and Chairman of the Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality (WCRAQ) submitted a Ten-Minute Rule Bill to the House of Commons, asking the Government to update the MOT test to include an efficiency test for DPFs (diesel particulate filters). The Bill passed the first test with no objections, and the second reading will take place on 18 March.
Category: Air Health
The official journal of WCRAQ has been published
Fleet Vision International magazine Winter 2022 is out now! Read the WCRAQ working party reports and our update on the Ten-Minute Bill for stricter MOT tests in the UK from page 58 onwards. The seventh issue of the thought-leading publication…
Barry Sheerman MP files Ten-Minute Rule Bill for stricter MOT tests in the UK
n Tuesday, Our Chairman Barry Sheerman MP presented a Ten-Minute Rule Bill to the House of Commons. A Ten-Minute Rule Bill is how MPs can argue for a particular law to be made or changed.
The disastrous impact of exhaust emissions on human cardiovascular health
Dr Mark Miller, Senior Research Scientist, The University of Edinburgh, highlighted the impacts ultrafine particles have on cardiovascular systems at the WCRAQ Air Health working part on 23 November 2021.
Pollution risk for professional drivers
The Research Working Party heard the results of a study that assesses the exposure of professional drivers in the UK to diesel exhaust pollution and looked at possible solutions.
Non-tailpipe emissions
The dangers of non-tailpipe emissions and ways to reduce tyre wear were the key topics at the WCRAQ Energy, Fuels, and Vehicles Working Party meeting, reports Isabella Stone. World tyre emissions are poorly understood and usually grouped with other non-tailpipe…
Outdoor air quality affects indoor air quality
The Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality’s Air Monitoring Working Party highlighted the urgent need to protect students from dirty and toxic outside air penetrating classrooms in addition to ensuring that there are sufficient air changes to reduce the risk…
Health Research
The WCRAQ Air Health Working Party meeting highlighted the effects of air quality on children in Bradford and how the findings impact future projects, writes Isabella Stone.
Real-world emissions data
How can you take action to reduce pollution if you cannot identify where it is coming from? Reducing pollution requires real-world data on vehicle emissions performance, argues Ben Fielden from EMSOL.
Campaigning for the kids
Mums for Lungs was set up by a group of parents in South London in 2017 campaigning to solve the problem of London’s toxic air, writes Celeste Hicks. When I was pregnant with my first child, I had a breath…