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.
Category: Research
UK needs more action to meet 2030 electric vehicle deadline
UK Government ‘lacks clear plan’ to persuade drivers to go electric to reach the 2030 deadline to end the sale of petrol and diesel cars and vans.
Lowering blood pressure can help reduce the health impacts of particulate matter
Lowering blood pressure is beneficial for patients that have been exposed to high levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution, according to a new study.
Improving air quality ‘could prevent 50,000 deaths’ across Europe
Limiting air pollution to the recommended World Health Organisation levels, could prevent over 50,000 deaths across Europe according to research.
Surrey project to improve indoor air pollution of millions in developing countries
The University of Surrey will launch an investigation into the ways to improve indoor air pollution.
The official journal of WCRAQ, Winter 2021, has been published
The third edition of the new thought-leading magazine for the improvement of air quality has now been published. Read your copy today and don’t hesitate to share it with colleagues. Click on the cover to read FVI. What can you read…
Newcastle City Council e-scooter trial on track to be launched in 2021
Tyneside is set to trial hundreds of electric scooters over 12 months in a bid to get people out from their cars, backed by the council.
WCRAQ Research and Air Monitoring Working Party meetings provide a step closer to reaching air quality objectives
This month, the Commission has launched the second round of working party meetings, starting with Research and Air Monitoring.
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…
Air pollution linked to 14 per cent of COVID-19 deaths, study finds
Long-term exposure to air pollution may be linked to 15% of COVID-19 deaths worldwide, researchers uncovered in a new study. Published in the Cardiovascular Research journal, the researchers from Germany and Cyprus analysed health and disease data from the United…