Air pollution, including high ozone levels, is most severe in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province, according to a report released by the Environmental Protection Ministry on Wednesday. Almost 40 percent of the 74 cities with publicized readings for fine particles failed to meet the national standard for three months or …
Motor vehicle pollution control: emissions vs. efficiency getting the principles right by Michael P. Walsh at CSE Workshop Series on Transport and Climate, July 24 - 25, 2013, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
About 70- 80 per cent of over seven lakh automobile that ply on city streets, are faulty and emit black smoke in excess of the permissible limit. Black smoke is primarily unburned carbon that is turned into small particles caused by over loading and faulty condition of the engines of …
Increased concentrations of ozone and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) since preindustrial times reflect increased emissions, but also contributions of past climate change. Here we use modeled concentrations from an ensemble of chemistry–climate models to estimate the global burden of anthropogenic outdoor air pollution on present-day premature human mortality, and the …
Ambient air pollution is suspected to cause lung cancer. We aimed to assess the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and lung cancer incidence in European populations. This prospective analysis of data obtained by the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects used data from 17 cohort …
Increased concentrations of ozone and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) since preindustrial times reflect increased emissions, but also contributions of past climate change. Here we use modeled concentrations from an ensemble of chemistry–climate models to estimate the global burden of anthropogenic outdoor air pollution on present-day premature human mortality, and the …
Increased concentrations of ozone and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) since preindustrial times reflect increased emissions, but also contributions of past climate change. Here we use modeled concentrations from an ensemble of chemistry–climate models to estimate the global burden of anthropogenic outdoor air pollution on present-day premature human mortality, and the …
Since the beginning of HIA (Health Impact Assessment) development, environmental risk factors have been one of the targeted groups of health determinants—besides the social ones. In this commentary, we would like to discuss some methodological aspects and potential uses of the quantitative estimation of the health impact of outdoor air …
Few studies have investigated the independent health effects of different size fractions of particulate matter (PM), in multiple locations, especially in Europe. The researchers estimated the short-term effects of PM with aerodynamic diameter less than 10μm (PM10), less than 2.5μm (PM2.5), and between 2.5 and 10μm (PM2.5-10) on all-cause, cardiovascular …
The government’s attempt to resume air quality monitoring stations has suffered a setback as four of the total seven existing stations broke down barely two months after being repaired. The stations were brought back into operation after necessary repairing in the first week of February to address the growing concerns …
The System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), which provides information about air quality, weather and the current UV index was launched by Dr Shailesh Nayak, secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences here at a function on May 1. Nayak said pollutants like PM10, PM2.5, CO, NO3, O3 have adverse …
Questions have been raised over the health impact of high levels of tiny airborne metal particles discovered in a European underground train system. Millions of people travel on underground urban transit systems in cities across the world. Researchers at Southampton University say metal in the air thrown up by trains …
A resident's collective opposing the Timarpur-Okhla waste to energy plant has had air quality samples taken from around the plant analysed by ChesterLabNet and Chennai based Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives which took two 24-hours ambient air samples. Mark Chernaik, a scientist associated with the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide who …
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) has been linked to cardiovascular disease, possibly via accelerated atherosclerosis. We examined associations between the progression of the intima-medial thickness (IMT) of the common carotid artery, as an indicator of atherosclerosis, and long-term PM2.5 concentrations in participants from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
Tired of the high pollution levels in Bangalore? Blame it on two-wheelers which contribute the biggest chunk of air pollution. They contribute 41% of particulate and 67% of nitrogen oxide levels in the air. Vehicles are more threatening than other sources of pollution as they discharge emissions directly into the …
Supreme Court had imposed an interim ban on mining activity in Goa in September last. Pollution levels in the iron ore belts of Goa dropped considerably after mining activity was banned in September last, bringing them within the permissible limits, according to the data placed before the Legislative Assembly. Citing …
Pollution levels in the iron ore belts of Goa dropped considerably after mining activity was banned in September last, bringing them within the permissible limits, according to the data placed before the Legislative Assembly. Citing the data measured till February, Environment Minister Alina Saldanha told the House yesterday that the …
The objective of this study is to investigate the implementation of mobile phone camera-based dust-measuring technique to plan and execute the dust-management system at a construction site.
Beijing could soon charge people for the pollution they cause by cooking. Authorities say they are looking at the prospect of setting a limit on lampblack, the fine soot created by cooking oil. Beijing's 2013 Clean Air Action Plan also proposes charges for dust from construction sites and volatile organic …
Outdoor air pollution contributed to 1.2 million premature deaths in China in 2010, nearly 40 percent of the global total, according to a new summary of data from a scientific study on leading causes of death worldwide. Figured another way, the researchers said, China’s toll from pollution was the loss …
