GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health. On the recent World Food Day, the clarion call was clearer than ever: We must fix our food systems to improve human health, drive economic growth and save the planet from environmental collapse. Oliver Camp. Mon, 10/26/2020 - 01:30. Looking back with regret.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 19, 2022

Thousands of individuals were exposed to dangerous substances from 1953 to 1987 due to the dangerously polluted water at the Military Station, Camp Lejeune. These studies revealed that the station’s two main water treatment plants were extremely highly polluted with dangerous substances.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 20, 2021

Ireland’s first real-time acoustic monitoring project of cetacean species (whales, dolphins and porpoise) was launched last week off the South Coast of Ireland, with the goal of creating a near real-time detection model for these species and examining the impact rising ocean noise pollution is having on Ireland’s marine life.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2020

A team led by environmental physicist Stefan Schreier at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences in Vienna is attempting to build up a better picture of nitrogen dioxide pollution in the city. The group is using MAX-DOAS instruments mounted on top of buildings to build a more accurate map of pollutant distribution.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2020

Researchers at the University of Birmingham and University of Oxford have secured £207,000 funding from the Natural Environment Research Council to investigate the impacts of COVID-19 related public health measures upon air and noise quality in Oxford. PM10); all are known to be a risk to human health.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2021

The network will provide “unprecedented ultra-high definition visibility of local air pollution”, says Marc Ottolini, CEO of AirLabs. The firm behind it hopes “to fundamentally transform how we monitor and manage air pollution to improve public health and well-being in urban spaces.” Early adopter.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

Led by the University of Birmingham and involving 15 European and US organisations, PrecisionTox aims to protect human health from the toxic effects of chemicals found in people’s homes, food and the environment. ” In particular, they suggest that precision toxicology will be instrumental in shaping policy and regulation of this field.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Research considers health impact in England’s eighth biggest city, Bristol. Five people dying prematurely every week – 260 for the year as a result of two most harmful forms of air pollution, PM2.5 The economic health impact costs of air pollution in Bristol estimated to be up to £170 million a year.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Local authorities need to act urgently and use smart technology to address the air pollution crisis that is currently facing our towns and cities, says Marc Ottolini, CEO of air quality monitoring and management expert AirLabs. This has caused an increase in support for action against air pollution.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

A seemingly world-first study of daily ambient fine particulate matter ( PM 2.5 ) across the globe reports that only 0.18% of the global land area and 0.001% of the global population are exposed to levels of PM 2.5 – the world’s leading environmental health risk factor – below levels of safety recommended by Word Health Organization (WHO).

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 16, 2021

The algorithm picked out these city-block-sized satellite images as local hotspots (top) and cool spots (bottom) for air pollution in Beijing (image credit: Tongshu Zheng, Duke University). Being able to find local hotspots of air pollution using satellite images is hugely advantageous.” The study indicated that PM2.5

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2022

A new report attempts to provide a diagnostic of the scale of the ocean pollution challenge facing humanity. The Invisible Wave: Getting to zero chemical pollution in the ocean has been prodeuced by Back to Blue, an initiative of Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation. A coordinated approach.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 5, 2019

The 2nd Annual Congress on Environmental Pollution and Health will take place on October 21-22, 2019 Sydney, Australia. The theme is: "Sustainable Environmental Practices for Reducing Global Pollution and related Health hazards". For more information email: pollutionhealth@asiapacificmeets.com To register click here.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2024

This catastrophe remains immediate and urgent for people whose own health is ruined, or whose children were born with disabilities or who are being poisoned now through the contaminated local soil and water,” said Mark Dummett, Amnesty International’s Head of Business and Human Rights.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 23, 2022

“These are used by epidemiologists to determine the aerosol sources that are most detrimental to human health.” While the composition of fine dust varies across the sites, the researchers say they have consistently identified the main source of aerosol pollution: residential heating with solid combustibles such as wood or coal.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2020

On 14 October, the European Commission adopted its new EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability , described as as a first step towards a “zero-pollution ambition for a toxic free environment” in the context of the EU Green Deal.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The findings suggest that this sea-to-air transport process is a significant contributor to PFAS air pollution in coastal areas. The findings indicate that these PFAS are transported from seawater to marine air by sea spray aerosols, which constitute a significant source of PFAS air pollution to coastal communities. More information.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2021

A coroner is calling for national limits on air pollution to be reduced to match World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines and made enforceable by law. Inner South London Assistant Coroner Philip Barlow ruled in December last year that air pollution exposure contributed to nine-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah’s death in February 2013.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 30, 2022

On a micro level, the platform can identify daily ‘incidents’ which occur on one street but not another, and extreme pollution differences in time, shown in rush hour NO2. AirScape presents itself as a potentially ideal solution to meet both challenges by making detailed and impactful air pollution data available to all.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 1, 2022

We have received no information from the Competition Bureau, so are not in a position to comment at this time,” a spokesperson for the Canadian Gas Association wrote in an email to DeSmog. The companies changed an online version of the ad to read “the least polluting fossil fuel.”. But all cigarettes are bad for your health,” she said.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The project will be led by air quality and public health consultants Enjoy the Air, in partnership with the Sandwell Council, to examine the link between air pollution, behaviour and the cost of air pollution-related healthcare in the Sandwell area.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

New research seems to find that people who commute by car can be subject to higher levels of harmful pollutants than those who walk or cycle to work. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Leicester in partnership with Leicester City Council , is published in the Journal of Transport & Health.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

A couple of recent studies attempt to document the changing profile of this pollutant, and its prevalence in different regions of the world. Reacting to IQAir’s latest report, Greenpeace International senior air quality scientist Aidan Farrow said that “In 2023 air pollution remained a global health catastrophe.” levels in 2023.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

More than a third (34%) of those people reported that they’re losing sleep because of the loud noises at night and over a fifth (22%) said it impacts their mental health. A Freedom of Information request, issued by GRIDSERVE, revealed that some have complained to their local council.

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Front And Centered

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Check it out here or on the EJ TF’s information page under “Reports & Information”. This includes using an intersectional lens to address disproportionate environmental and health impacts by prioritizing highly impacted populations, equitably distributing resources and benefits, and eliminating harm.”.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

New programme to prioritise projects that reduce air pollutants, improve knowledge and information about air quality, or tackle particulate matter. Adoo Kissi-Debrah became the first person to have air pollution recorded as a contributory cause of illness and death on their death certificate.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 2, 2023

But this latest attempt to shut down discussion of the health impact of stoves is nothing new. It’s less widely known that the gas industry has long sponsored its own research into the problem of indoor air pollution from gas stoves. This draft, recently discovered in the U.S. It also lobbied for a massive expansion of U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2019

A project led by the University of Surrey will manufacture a miniature building model, with state-of-the-art pressure, airspeed and temperature sensors, with the aim being to help develop a better understanding of how to tackle air pollution in cities across the world.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2022

The Greater Manchester Air Quality Administration Committee says it will begin the process of reviewing the evidence and options for a new Clean Air Plan “that can improve public health without hurting jobs and businesses” when they meet on 23 March.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2020

Car users from the world’s least affluent cities are exposed to a disproportionate amount of in-car air pollution because they rely heavily on opening their windows for ventilation, finds a first of its kind study from the University of Surrey. n (Colombia), Sa?o This is yet a distant dream in many ODA countries. Professor Adamson S.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2023

They also found reductions in NO2 levels on roads outside the CAZ – suggesting that rather than displacing traffic to areas outside the CAZ, there could be positive effects, such as behavioural changes that contribute to reduced air pollution in surrounding areas, beyond the area of the CAZ itself. as quickly as possible.”

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

For Edna Ibarra, it was the realization that with every breath her 11-year-old son was breathing in a little more of an industrial carcinogen that drove her to get involved in the fight against air pollution in Laredo, Texas. Concerned citizens at meeting listening to alarming information about ethylene oxide in their air.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 25, 2023

New analysis of Environment Agency data appears to reveal a worrying level of chemical pollution in rivers and other freshwater sites across England. The actual numbers of chemical pollutants will be even higher 3 The chemical cocktails found across the 1,619 sites contained six different chemicals in five different hazardous mixtures.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Rivers are crucial parts of the global water cycle, contain important biodiversity, and are essential for human health. Here, we show that even treated sewage appears to have a stronger influence on river communities than pollution from the surrounding land.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Suction technology installed in roads offers a novel solution to the problem of urban air pollution, and a new study appears to support the approach. The technology could be installed outside schools, hospitals and other hotspots where roadside air pollution is at its highest, says the firm behind the approach.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Abidjan in Cote d’Ivoire is one of the cities where the project aims to help governments develop policies to reduce pollution. Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and the University of York have been awarded a total of £674,023 for a project that aims to give West African cities access to low-cost air pollution monitoring technologies.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 22, 2021

Academics and experts at The University of Manchester are calling for large-scale behavioural change in a bid to improve the UK’s air quality (“the biggest environmental health issue facing the UK”), in a new publication, On Air Quality. million global deaths could be attributed to household, or indoor air pollution.

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