2025 Northern Air Quality Conference – AirQualityNews
The 2025 Northern Air Quality Conference. 25th March 2025. We are delighted to announce the 2025 Northern Air Quality Conference will again be at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, taking place on March 25th. This will be our 5th edition of the event, and as ever, we will be bringing together some of the most important policymakers & leading academics who are working on solutions to the ...
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The air quality news and information site. Research on a cohort of Chinese mothers and their children has found exposure to elevated levels of particulate matter in the three months prior to conception is linked with higher childhood obesity risk up to two years after birth.
CO2 affects human health at lower levels than previously thought
2019年7月10日 · Exposure to carbon dioxide (CO2) poses direct risks to human health at lower levels than previously thought, research has found. Reviewing current studies on the subject, American academics concluded that exposure to ambient CO2 in indoor environments can have harmful effects on the human body at much lower levels, causing health problems such as inflammation, reduced cognitive performance and ...
London has led the global transition to cleaner air but is it an ...
2024年12月11日 · It wasn’t long ago that scientists estimated it would take around 190 years until London’s air quality would be lawful. Fast forward to today and the change has been remarkable. Londoners are breathing far healthier than before thanks to the world’s largest clean air zone and policies to phase out…
Kitchen nightmares: detecting air pollution from commercial ovens
2024年11月7日 · With gas burners firing all day and limited ventilation, chefs and food prep staff are exposed to a harmful mix of indoor pollutants. But as Martin Guttridge-Hewitt learns, times are changing. This summer while most of the British media indulged in a snap election feeding frenzy another culinary event got…
A year on, data reveals the success of Sheffield Clean Air Zone
2024年7月16日 · Since the introduction of Sheffield City Council’s Clean Air Zone in 2023, the annual average data shows a significant reduction in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels from road traffic pollution across the city. Specifically, there has been a 16% reduction in NO2 levels within the CAZ itself and an average…
New sensor network begins roll out in West Midlands
2024年9月9日 · In advance of International Clean Air Day which took place on Saturday, Richard Parker, Mayor of the West Midlands and WMCA chair, visited Dudley to see one of a new network of sensors being installed near to Pegasus Academy. 90 sensors are currently being installed to boost air quality monitoring…
Integrating Action on Air Quality & Climate Change: A Guide for …
Last month Sarah Legge, Chair of EPIC’s Air Quality & Climate Change Task Group, spoke at our National Air Quality Conference in London about a newly launched guidance document titled: ‘Integrating Action on Air Quality & Climate Change: A Guide for Local Authorities’ For those unable to attend, here is…
Air pollution affects our mood differently – AirQualityNews
2024年8月12日 · I wish that Dr Dick van Steenis (Times obituary 13 April 2013) could have read this article, particularly: “ The team say that one of the implications of their findings is that ASAP could partially explain one of the mechanisms by which exposure to air pollution increases longer-term risk for adverse mental health outcomes, like symptoms of anxiety and depression.”
2024 National Air Quality Conference – AirQualityNews
Event Details Date: 6 November 2024 Categories: Events Agenda Click here to read the conference report Click here to view the event agenda Speaker Presentations Simon Birkett Clean Air in London View presentation Diana Varaden Imperial…