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Anthropogenic air pollution impacts health and climate in the Middle East

Envirotec Magazine

A visible layer of air pollution stretches out across the sea. Desert dust was assumed to be the primary contributor to elevated air pollution across the Middle East. But now a research group seems to have shown that pollution from anthropogenic sources contributes to health risks and is an important climate factor across the region.

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Study flags night-time air pollution in China as potential health threat

Envirotec Magazine

China is a night-time ‘hot-spot’ for the production of nitrate radicals (PNO3) that could have a major impact on health-threatening ozone and fine particulates (PM2.5) Experts believe that this increase will have significant air pollution implications for China and other developing countries such as India. Increased O3 and PM2.5

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Air pollution risks health of all, especially drivers, says TfL report

Envirotec Magazine

I note how many of these drivers already had breathing problems, which the infection worsened – this raises the question of whether drivers’ exposure to polluted air at work contributed to their underlying poor health. Exposure to air pollution at work is only part of the overall risk Londoners face from our toxic air.

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Experts to help tackle air pollution from domestic solid fuel burning in Greater Manchester

Envirotec Magazine

Environmental and engineering consultancy Ricardo is applying its expertise in air quality measurement to enable local authorities across Greater Manchester to monitor the contribution to air pollution from wood burning stoves, raise public awareness of its risks, and reduce its impact on people’s health.

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Purifiers improve heart health, says study

Envirotec Magazine

A six-month study concludes that the use of portable home air purifiers can improve some markers of cardiovascular health in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. Study participants were equipped with HEPA air purifiers able to remove pollutants like dust and PM2.5.

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Industrial polluters cost Europe €4.3 trillion in health and environmental damage, coal the main culprit

Renew Economy

The European Environmental Agency and Human Rights Watch have released new research showing the devastating cost of industrial pollution on human health and the environment. The post Industrial polluters cost Europe €4.3 trillion in health and environmental damage, coal the main culprit appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Uncollected waste and open burning leading causes of plastic pollution crisis

Envirotec Magazine

A new study attempts to shine a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in what’s described as the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. It also revealed that more than two thirds of the planet’s plastic pollution comes from uncollected rubbish with almost 1.2

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