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New Clean Air Strategy to crack down on wood burners

The UK government has today published its Clean Air Strategy outlining plans to crack down on the burning of wood and coal in homes as it aims to tackle the country’s illegal air pollution levels. ...

May 22, 2018

By The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA)

2018 china air purifiers market top 10 of national quality supervision and inspection results

CCTV recently released 80 batches of air purifier products by the National Quality Supervision Bureau, which includes Prominent, Walter, IQ and other well-known brand air purifiers for professional testing. The results of spot checks showed that air purification is currently highly concerned. The overall quality of the products was not optimistic: 23 of the ...

May 18, 2018

By Olansi healthcare Co., Ltd

Air Monitors launches latest industrial particulate monitors

A new report published in September 2012 by the European Environment Agency shows that almost a third of Europe's city dwellers are exposed to excessive concentrations of airborne particulate matter (PM); one of the most important pollutants in terms of harm to human health because it penetrates sensitive parts of the respiratory system. Colin Craggs from instrumentation specialist Air Monitors ...

Nov. 14, 2012

By Air Monitors Ltd.

Particulates, Smog Targeted in European Clean Air Strategy

BRUSSELS, Belgium, September 22, 2005 (ENS) - The European Commission Wednesday proposed a formal strategy for achieving improvements in air quality across Europe. The thematic strategy on air pollution aims by 2020 to cut the annual number of premature deaths from diseases related to air pollution by almost 40 percent from the 2000 level and to reduce the area of forests damaged by airborne ...

Sep. 23, 2005

By Environment News Service (ENS)

Exposing Indoor Air Quality with YESDUST Particulate Sensor

Delta, B.C. – Critical Environment Technologies Canada Inc. (CETCI) recently introduced YESDUST. This particulate sensor is designed to be used in conjunction with the multi-sensor indoor air quality (IAQ) monitors developed by CETCI, such as the YESAIR. YESDUST is a low-cost, hand-held, battery powered device. It contains a self-aspired, optical sensor that utilizes convection (heated air) to ...

May 6, 2010

By Critical Environment Technologies Canada Inc. (CETCI)

Ozone and particulates most serious air quality problems in Europe

Air quality in Europe has improved between 1990 and 2009, as emissions of most pollutants have fallen, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA). But there is still a lot of room for improvement, as many EU countries are expected to exceed the emissions ceilings in 2010 for at least one pollutant. In addition, concentration levels of ground-level ozone and particulate ...

Nov. 9, 2011

By European Environment Agency (EEA)

Diesel Exhaust, Particulate Matter and Indoor Air Quality Concerns in Puerto Rico

Diesel engines provide power for a wide variety of vehicles, heavy equipment and other machinery used in many industries across Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. The exhaust from these diesel engines contains a mixture of gases and very small particles that can create a health hazard if not properly controlled for not only workers using the equipment, but also for people in nearby homes and ...

Jan. 26, 2015

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

Air Monitors MD speaks out on national network particulate monitor performance

Many of the adverse health effects from air pollution can be attributed to fine particulates, so the accuracy and reliability of the UK’s ambient particulate monitoring network is extremely important. Since the early 1990s, this network has relied on TEOM and more recently the TEOM-FDMS direct mass measurement technology, but Air Monitors MD Jim Mills is concerned that the reputation of ...

Jul. 9, 2013

By Air Monitors Ltd.

New Yakima Valley air monitor measures particulate pollution

The Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency will begin operating a new air quality monitor to measure fine particulate matter in the Sunnyside region of the Yakima Valley. The monitor, which will gather data on particulate matter for a year, will allow regulatory agencies to develop effective strategies to protect air quality in the Yakima Valley and inform burn ban decisions. The monitor is located at ...

Oct. 2, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Diesel Exhaust, Particulate Matter and Air Quality Concerns Discussed in New Video

Today, the IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of their latest educational video. Their newest production discusses diesel exhaust, particulate matter, air quality and exposure concerns. According to an OSHA & MSHA Hazard Alert, diesel particulate matter (DPM) is a component of diesel exhaust (DE) that includes soot particles made up primarily ...

Jul. 27, 2014

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

Lab Impex launch SmartCAM their New Alpha/Beta Particulate in Air monitor

SmartCAM is the next generation Continuous Air Monitor (CAM) delivering unparalleled performance in terms of detectable limit, sensitivity and speed to alarm. SmartCAM utilises Spectral Measurement Analysis in Real Time (SMART) technology to provide real advances in alpha particulate detection techniques.Using an isotope peak fitting algorithm is proven to be more accurate than using ...

Jul. 15, 2008

By Ultra Electronics Nuclear Control Systems

Real time monitoring using particulate samplers

Ecotech is pleased to announce the release of a real time particulate module for use with its range of particulate samplers.High Volume Air Samplers are designed to sample ambient air through a pre-weighed filter for 24 hours after which the filter is weighed and PM concentration calculated. While there are approved methods for semi-real time monitoring such as the Tapered Element Oscillating ...

May 6, 2010

By Ecotech Pty Ltd

New particulate monitors will improve understanding of health effects

Globally, fine dust particles have been the focus of much greater attention in recent months as their role in deaths related to poor air quality becomes better understood. However, knowledge of the relationship between airborne particles and health effects is limited by the information that can be obtained by monitoring technologies. Jim Mills, a particulate monitoring specialist from Air ...

Apr. 10, 2013

By Air Monitors Ltd.

EPA Sued for Setting Weak Particulate Matter Standards

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (ENS) - Thirteen states, the District of Columbia and a California state agency filed a joint lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today for ignoring scientific evidence and the advice of its own experts in setting weak standards for air pollution known as fine particulate matter. The lawsuit challenges a new rule adopted by the EPA in ...

Dec. 19, 2006

By Environment News Service (ENS)

EPA awards $3.5m in grants for particulate matter research

EPA awarded four grants to universities to research the relationship between the chemical composition of particulate matter (PM) and health effects. PM is a complex mixture that consists of direct emissions and reaction products formed in the atmosphere. “These EPA Science To Achieve Results grants will build bridges between two different research communities – epidemiology and air quality ...

Apr. 3, 2009

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

BAM1020 particulate monitors receive new MCERTS certificates

Air quality monitoring specialist, Enviro Technology Services is pleased to announce new MCERTS Product Conformity Certificates for its popular automatic particulate monitor, the BAM1020. The Smart Heated PM2.5 model received certification on the 14th February 2014 and is certified up to the 5th December 2018 and the Smart Heated PM10 model ...

Aug. 14, 2014

By Enviro Technology Services Ltd

The MP101M particulates monitor strengthens the Asian cooperation

Environnement S.A and his local Partners have finished the installation of a complete particulate measurement system MP101M for the monitoring of PM2.5 fine dust for the ACAP (Asia Center for Air Pollution Research) in the field of Vietnamese institute IMHEN. Environnement SA is proud that his solution has been selected for such a major challenge in Asia and continues its cooperation with the ...

Mar. 10, 2015

By Environnement S.A Group - envea

BAM1020 particulate monitors receive new MCERTS certificates.

Air quality monitoring specialist, Enviro Technology Services is pleased to announce new MCERTS Product Conformity Certificates for its popular automatic particulate monitor, the BAM1020. The Smart Heated PM2.5 model received certification on the 14th February 2014 and is certified up to the 5th December 2018 and the Smart Heated PM10 model ...

Aug. 14, 2014

By Enviro Technology Services Ltd

The ultimate Particulate Measurement System comes to ET

Leading air quality monitoring supplier Enviro Technology Services Plc, now offers what it considers to be “the ultimate ambient Particulate Measurement System”. Ambient particulate measurement is generally carried out in two ways, either by continuous automatic mass measurement using a monitor or by manual sampling and subsequent gravimetric weighing using a sampler. As ...

Nov. 19, 2010

By Enviro Technology Services Ltd

Respirable Particulates, Airborne Contaminants & Lung Cancer Risks

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths and the second most common cancer among both men and women in the United States according the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC states that the most important thing a person can do to lower their lung cancer risk is to quit smoking and to avoid secondhand smoke. The second ...

Aug. 19, 2014

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

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