air pollution health impact News
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World Environmental Health Day highlights need for healthy air
Today is the first ever World Environmental Health Day and EPUK wecomes this international recognition that air pollution is a public health problem. We will be joining our members and partners at events over the course of the day to discuss the challenges unhealthy air presents to our communities and to work towards solutions to this public health crisis with air pollution specialists from all ...
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Healthy Air Campaign moves to ClientEarth
The leadership of the Healthy Air Campaign is moving to environmental law advocacy group ClientEarth. The organisation has been a partner of the campaign since it was launched in July 2011 and has a strong track record of advocacy for clean air. The move coincides with the launch of a new campaign website: www.healthyair.org.uk The new website includes more information on the health impacts of ...
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The cost of air pollution impacts on health
Researchers have developed a new model to assess the health-related external costs arising from air pollution from ten major emission sectors. Applying the model at national and Europe-wide levels, they suggested that the major contributors to costs were industrial power production, agriculture, road traffic and domestic combustion. In recent years, policy action to reduce emissions has targeted ...
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Webinar: how can data supercharge efforts to lower air pollution in cities?
Public webinar Tuesday 9 Feb 16:00-17:00 GMT The evidence is clear: air pollution has severe health impacts around the world. New technology is allowing us to map pollution street-by-street, identify hotspots and share unprecedented amounts of air quality data. The Breathe London pilot was an ambitious two-year project that measured pollution across the city using 100 lower-cost sensor 'pods' ...
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Minister backs healthy air campaign but makes no commitment to new action
Appearing before the House of Commons Environmental Audit Select Committee Inquiry into air pollution Defra Minister Lord Henley told those present that air pollution had a "major impact on a large number of people's lives", and that there were a "lot of deaths that are happening earlier than would otherwise be the case". While the Minister backed the Healthy Air Campaign, launched yesterday, ...
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US makes progress toward cleaner air
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making the most recent data available on the state of the nation’s air quality. Air pollution impacts public health, the environment, and the Earth’s climate, and understanding these impacts are important priorities for the agency. EPA regulatory actions and voluntary efforts have led to cleaner cars, industries and consumer products, that in turn ...
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EPA holds seminar on air pollution and cardiovascular disease
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is sponsoring a seminar called “Breathe Cleaner, Live Longer: Understanding Air Pollution after 40 Years.” The event is co-sponsored by the American Heart Association and the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology. World-renowned scientific experts will discuss the impacts of air pollution on life expectancy and ...
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Turkish Parliament will vote about polluting coal power plants next week
The Turkish government has already vowed to increase its coal-fired power generation and yet another bid that will be discussed in the Turkish Parliament next week is one of the greatest threat to the environment and the public health. In 2013, various environmental exemptions were awarded to the privatised coal power plants as a subsidy, with a deadline of 2019. During this period, most of the ...
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Air pollution`s impact on health: a European and N. American analysis
A team of investigators has examined the effects of air pollution on human health using the databases of earlier studies from Europe, the United States and Canada. They concluded that PM10 and ozone are associated with an increase in mortality. Different modelling approaches do not significantly affect the results. Partly-funded by the EU, the APHENA project1 investigated whether the technique ...
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Health impacts of air pollution: the evidence reviewed
The damaging health impacts of some key air pollutants can occur at lower atmospheric concentrations than indicated by the most recent World Health Organization (WHO) Air Quality guidelines, set in 2005 and currently used in Europe. This is according to a new WHO report, which assesses scientific evidence to help inform European air pollution policies. The report highlights key findings of the ...
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Epa awards $32 million to understand health impacts of air pollution
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $32 million to fund four new Clean Air Research Centers at universities conducting cutting edge air pollution research. The research will focus on the impacts of air pollution mixtures on people’s health. It is important to understand the health risks associated with exposure to multiple air pollutants because people are exposed to more ...
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EPA U.S. EPA Administrator Kicking Off Earth Week Tour on Climate Action Plan
In recognition of Earth Week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy is taking to the road to ask Americans to act on climate change through simple actions to reduce carbon pollution in their daily lives. Administrator McCarthy will participate in various events to promote President Obama’s Climate Action Plan and will focus on responsible steps to cut ...
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Health impacts of air pollution need better communication
Reductions in air pollution in European cities significantly reduce the number of premature deaths, according to researchers. However, these results need to be communicated effectively to policy makers in order to have an impact. One of the four main target areas of the EU's Sixth Environment Action Programme (EAP)1 is Environment and Health, which includes air pollution. Particulate matter is ...
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1661 air pollution essay republished
Environmental Protection UK has re-published 'Fumifugium': John Evelyn's 1661 essay on air pollution in London. Evelyn's old English text has been translated into modern English, with a new foreword and extensive footnotes linking Fumifugium to our modern air pollution issues. It has been given a fresh, modern design and is available to download or view online as an eBook. Evelyn was a 17th ...
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Lawsuit challenges EPA failure to ensure clean-up of nation`s filthiest air
The Association of Irritated Residents (AIR) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed suit today in Federal Court in San Francisco against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its failure to ensure that California complies with the Clean Air Act. One of EPA’s main responsibilities under the Clean Air Act is to make sure that California adopts and implements plans to ...
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EPA U.S. EPA Administrator Kicking Off Earth Week Tour on Climate Action Plan
In recognition of Earth Week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy is taking to the road to ask Americans to act on climate change through simple actions to reduce carbon pollution in their daily lives. Administrator McCarthy will participate in various events to promote President Obama’s Climate Action Plan and will focus on responsible steps to cut ...
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AQE 2015 to feature Air Pollution Poster Competition
AQE 2015, the international Air Quality and Emissions show, will feature a Poster Competition under the theme: ‘Air Pollution is bad for our health –the impact of personal responsibilities and local action to deliver clean air.’ Environmental Protection UK (EPUK)and Environmental Technology Services are sponsoring the competition which will take place within the event’s ...
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Reducing air pollution from coal power plants in the Western Balkans would save thousands of lives annually
Tomorrow, ministers at the 15th ministerial council meeting of the Energy Community in Kosovo will adopt new rules for emission limits for coal power plants in the Western Balkans (as part of the transposition of the EU’s Industrial Emissions Directive into national law). The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) calls on political leaders to put the countries on track for swift and ...
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Poland’s anti-smog battle turns political
Many areas in Poland spent a lot of January under a choking smog, as a result of residential coal health and diesel cars, polluting the air and impacting health. HEAL in Poland has commented on opportunities and dangers of government proposals to improve the situation. Increasing levels of smog in Poland have triggered a new public debate: the issue has dominated the news, school were forced to ...
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GREENGUARD Environmental Institute and NSSEA Partner to Help Improve Indoor Air Quality in America`s Schools
Partnership focused on helping educational product manufacturers build sustainable, low-emitting products ATLANTA and SILVER SPRING, Md. - The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute and the National School Supply and Equipment Association (NSSEA) announced today that they have formed a strategic partnership to promote the manufacture and third-party certification of sustainable, low-emitting ...
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