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The air quality news and information site. Last month Sarah Legge, Chair of EPIC’s Air Quality & Climate Change Task Group, spoke at our National Air Quality Conference in London about a newly launched guidance document titled: ‘Integrating Action on Air Quality & Climate Change: A Guide for Local Authorities’
2025 Northern Air Quality Conference – AirQualityNews
The 2025 Northern Air Quality Conference. 25th March 2025. We are delighted to announce the 2025 Northern Air Quality Conference will again be at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, taking place on March 25th. This will be our 5th edition of the event, and as ever, we will be bringing together some of the most important policymakers & leading academics who are working on solutions to the ...
CO2 affects human health at lower levels than previously thought
Jul 10, 2019 · Exposure to carbon dioxide (CO2) poses direct risks to human health at lower levels than previously thought, research has found. Reviewing current studies on the subject, American academics concluded that exposure to ambient CO2 in indoor environments can have harmful effects on the human body at much lower levels, causing health problems such as inflammation, reduced cognitive performance and ...
This is the most advanced interactive map of UK air pollution ever ...
May 4, 2022 · A new street-by-street tool allows people to check toxicity of their atmosphere based on postcode, with in-depth details of health risks associated with each pollutant. A tool that has been touted as the most advanced street-by-street map of UK air pollution levels has launched, allowing citizens to locate their home…
2024 National Air Quality Conference – AirQualityNews
Event Details Date: 6 November 2024 Categories: Events Agenda Click here to read the conference report Click here to view the event agenda Speaker Presentations Simon Birkett Clean Air in London View presentation Diana Varaden Imperial…
Two more speakers confirmed for Northern Air Quality Conference
Dec 6, 2024 · We are delighted to announce two new speakers who will be presenting at the 2025 Northern Air Quality Conference on 25th March 2025. Jon Burke MIEMA CEnv For six years, Jon was Councillor for the London Borough of Hackney, ending up as Cabinet Member for Energy, Sustainability, Transport and Public…
Electric Vehicle Fires — should we be concerned?
Oct 9, 2020 · So i looked up the numbers of vehicles registered in the UK in 2019, and its 38.4 million. Of those, 80 000 EVs. If you consider that 38.3 million vehicles were conventional fuel, and 1898 of them burned, thats 0.005% of gas powered vehicles
How air pollution affects food production and how we can fix it
Sep 27, 2022 · Farming and fertiliser are not often the first think people think of when talking about air pollution, but research has revealed food production plays a large role in polluting our air. Fertiliser revolutionised farming when it was first invented in the 19th century, but now so widespread its contributing to…
The 2024 National Air Quality Conference – AirQualityNews
The 2024 National Air Quality Conference was held at Prospero House in London on 6th November. Speakers included Simon Birkett from Clean Air in London, Dian Varaden from Imperial College London, Christopher Hammond from UK100, Fiona Coull from the Cross River Partnership and Sarah Legge from the Environmental Policy Implementation…
The domino effect, air pollution and climate change
Sep 21, 2021 · Air pollution and climate change are intrinsically linked. In this month’s magazine, editor Pippa Neill explores how. The climate crisis and air pollution are two of the biggest threats facing humankind, but like with most things, it would be foolish to address these as two separate issues. Across the world,…