Jason Airey, Co-Founder of the Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality began with outlining the main objectives for the Commission; optimise the use of current fuel technologies, investigate hydrogen as a long-term solution and exploring the reduction of non-exhaust pipe…
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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…
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…
Ending car emissions pledge needs to be backed by actual targets
by targets set down in law, green group Transport & Environment (T&E) has said.
90% of the world’s population exposed to harmful levels of air pollution
33 of the largest cities in the world have levels of particulate matter four times higher than the World Health Organisation’s guidelines of 10 ug/m3. The worst polluted cities in the world are all in Asia, with China, India and…
Glasgow hits air pollution targets during lockdown for first ever time
Glasgow’s level of air pollution dropped significantly during spring lockdown, but clearly rose when restrictions were released later in the year.