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Beijing Olympics experiment reveals biological link between air pollution exposure, cardiovascular disease

Using the 2008 Beijing Olympics as their laboratory, University of Southern California (USC) researchers and colleagues have found biological evidence that even a short-term reduction in air pollution exposure improves one’s cardiovascular health. The results of their study appear this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the most widely circulated medical journal in ...

May 16, 2012

By National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

Assess employee air pollution exposure with AQMesh

On 9th April The Sunday Times reported that employers have been told they are legally obliged to protect their staff from diesel fumes — and could be sued if workers develop cancer later in life. Read the full article here. Employers who want to assess risk to employees can use AQMesh to take round-the-clock readings of a range of measurements including key pollutants NO2 and PM2.5. The ...

Apr. 10, 2017

By AQMesh

WHO: 90 percent of world’s population breathes dirty air

Nine out of 10 people globally live in places with poor air quality. A recent report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) blames a worldwide air pollution crisis for being a major factor in millions of deaths per year. Air pollution has become a growing concern in the past few years, with an increasing number of acute air pollution episodes in many cities worldwide. As a result, data on air ...

Oct. 28, 2016

By Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)

COMEAP revises air quality and Asthma position

The Department of Health's Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollution has issued a new paper on the links between air pollution and asthma. In the paper the Committee considers that for a small group of people who suffer from asthma and live near busy roads, exposure to traffic generated air pollutants, largely from trucks, may have played a small part in causing their disease. This ...

Nov. 26, 2010

By Environmental Protection UK

Air pollution particles found in mothers’ placentas

Evidence that carbonaceous particles may be translocated into the placenta during pregnancy has been reported by researchers from Queen Mary University of London at the European Respiratory Society congress. The study, undertaken with permission of five women who gave birth to healthy babies, isolated and screened 3500 placental macrophages and observed 60 cells which contained 72 particles. ...

Apr. 20, 2019

By The Aerosol Society

7 Million Deaths Annually Linked to Air Pollution-WHO Report Tue, Mar 25, 2014

In new estimates released today, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that in 2012 around 7 million people died - one in eight of total global deaths as a result of air pollution exposure. This finding more than doubles previous estimates and confirms that air pollution is now the world's largest single environmental health risk. Reducing air pollution could save millions of lives. In ...

Mar. 25, 2014

By United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

EPA awards $25 million to improve air quality

Over the course of five years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding $25 million to the Health Effects Institute (HEI) to help address the latest challenges to improving air quality and protecting health. With the funding, HEI will develop the next generation of tools and scientific information to examine the combined effects of air pollution exposures on people’s ...

Jan. 21, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Awards $66,000 to Improve Santa Clara County Indoor Air

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded $66,400 to the San Jose, Calif.-based organization Breathe California of the Bay Area for reducing indoor air pollutant exposure through training and education. “EPA is proud to be working with our awardees across the nation to improve the air we breathe at school, work and home,” said Gina McCarthy, assistant administrator ...

Oct. 16, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Two air pollution research awards for Cranfield University

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has recently awarded £3 million to support six research networks that will investigate solutions to air pollution. Cranfield has been awarded funding for two projects, leading one group and partnering with other institutions on a second. Poor air quality is the largest environmental risk to public health in the UK, according to DEFRA’s Clean Air ...

Jul. 30, 2020

By Cranfield University

EPA awards $399K to State of Colorado for Denver air monitoring project

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) a $399,000 grant to conduct air toxics measurement in environmental justice communities adjacent to the I-70/I-25 freeway interchange area in the Globeville, Elyria, and Swansea neighborhoods of Denver. The grant, awarded through EPA’s Community Air Toxics Monitoring ...

Oct. 9, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

International Society of Exposure Science presents its 2009 Annual Conference

The International Society of Exposure Science (ISES) will present their 2009 Annual Conference, “Transforming Exposure Science in the 21st Century,” November 1-5, 2009, in Minneapolis, MN. ISES 2009 will engage scientists from a wide range of disciplines on regional, global, and emerging issues in environmental exposure. “Exposure science is vital to address the many current and emerging issues ...

Aug. 27, 2009

By Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA)

Cyclists map Antwerp air pollution with on-bike monitors

Cyclists with pollution monitors and GPS trackers attached to their bicycles have produced detailed maps of Antwerp’s air quality, as part of a recent study. Their data show that a gap of just a few metres between cycle lanes and cars significantly reduces cyclists’ risk of inhaling high levels of ultrafine particle pollution. Personal ‘mobile monitoring’ is attracting ...

Sep. 18, 2014

By European Commission, Environment DG

EPA awards $800k for environmental justice projects in five states

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a total of $800,000 to five state government agencies to support state efforts to work with communities to address environmental and public health issues, such as childhood lead poisoning and exposure to air pollution. The funding will help address concerns in communities disproportionately exposed to environmental risks. The following ...

Nov. 25, 2009

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. EPA co-sponsors Fresno indoor air quality, Asthma workshop

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Pacific Southwest regional indoor air program and the University of Tulsa, in collaboration with Central Valley Children’s Services Network and the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, co-sponsored three consecutive asthma training workshops in Fresno today for school district and Head Start administrators, school nurses, ...

Jun. 6, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA to host free auto Collision repair workshop in Delaware Co. (PA)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a free workshop on Monday, Sept. 20 to explain federal air pollution regulations affecting auto repair shops. The workshop will be held in the STEM Auditorium, at Delaware County Community College in Media, Pa. from 1 - 4 p.m. EPA’s workshop will address best practices which are designed to reduce emissions and exposures to hazardous air ...

Sep. 14, 2010

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA to host free auto Collision repair workshop in Scranton (PA)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a free workshop on Tuesday, Sept. 21 to explain federal air pollution regulations affecting auto repair shops. The workshop will be held in The Café located in the Moffat Building at Johnson College in Scranton, Pa. from 4 - 7 p.m. EPA’s workshop will address best practices which are designed to reduce emissions and exposures to ...

Sep. 14, 2010

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA to host free auto collision repair workshop in Harrisburg (PA)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a free workshop on Wednesday, Sept. 22 to explain federal air pollution regulations affecting auto repair shops. The workshop will be held in the Administration Building, Conference Room B & C at the Dixon University Center in Harrisburg, Pa. from 6 - 9 p.m. EPA’s workshop will address best practices designed to reduce emissions and ...

Sep. 14, 2010

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollution can damage DNA in three days

Inhalation of some particulates can cause some genes to become reprogrammed, affecting the development and outcome of cancers, Italian researchers said. Dr. Andrea Baccarelli of the University of Milan enrolled 63 healthy subjects who worked in a foundry near Milan. Blood DNA samples were collected on the morning of the first day of the work week, and again after three days of work. Comparing ...

May 25, 2009

By Custom Stack Analysis, LLC.

Personal exposure monitors help specify health impacts of indoor, outdoor air quality

Indoor and outdoor pollutants can adversely affect the heart in ways different from outdoor air pollution alone, according to a new cardiovascular study conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan, in collaboration with an exposure study conducted by RTI International. The Cardiovascular Sub-Study of the Detroit Exposure and Aerosol Research Study (DEARS) has shown for the first time ...

Nov. 14, 2008

By RTI International

EPA Awards 2014 Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreements

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today competitive cooperative agreements with 12 community-based organizations working to address environmental justice issues nationwide. The Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program provides funding for non-profit and tribal organizations to partner with stakeholders from across industry, ...

Sep. 16, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

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