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Category: Air Health
Rosamund Kissi-Debrah campaigns for ‘Ella’s Law’ after air pollution identified as daughter’s cause of death
Ella Kissi-Debrah’s mother advocates for an ‘Ella’s Law’ to effectively tackle air pollution to prevent further suffering.
Air Pollution connected to increased mental health outpatient visits
Higher levels of air pollution could be linked to increased use of mental health services, a study by the Yale School of Public Health has found.
Airport pollution proven to affect lung function of those near airports
A trial in the Netherlands has found that young health people who exercised outside an airport in Amsterdam had altered lung and heart function as a result of ultrafine particles.
Welsh Government release White Paper on impact of air quality over lockdowns
The Welsh Government today published a report on its plans for a Clean Air (Wales) Bill to protect human health and ecosystems from air pollution.
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…
Professor Sir Stephen Holgate calls for a strong air pollution narrative during WCRAQ Air Health meeting
After successful Research and Air Monitoring meetings, Professor Sir Stephen Holgate challenged the Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality’s Air Health working party to establish a strong air pollution message to meet the Commission’s objective to mitigate the effects.
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…
Two thirds of Britons miss the clean air of the first national lockdown
Nitrogen oxide levels across the UK fell by 60 per cent across UK cities from March to June due to less traffic on the roads. Two thirds of people in the UK miss how clear the air was during the…