Air Pollution

Even low levels of air pollution appear to affect children's lung health

BOSTON - According to new research led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) pulmonologist and critical care physician Mary B. Rice, MD, MPH, improved air quality in U.S.

Publication Date: 
26/04/2016
Eurek Alert
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, Child Health, Lung Disease, PM 2.5
Air Pollution

Delhi's border areas record high level of pollution on April 23

Southern parts of Delhi also recorded high levels on pollution on 23 April.

Publication Date: 
26/04/2016
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
Delhi, Air Pollution, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), PM 2.5, RSPM (PM 10), Health Effects, Vehicular Pollution
Air Pollution

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Toxicity of air in Delhi and NCR, 25/04/2016

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Toxicity of air in Delhi and NCR, 25/04/2016. The analysis of AAQ data of Delhi for the period 2000 to 2015 reveals that SO2 levels are within National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) of 50 µg/m3 (annual standard) and shows decreasing trend during 2000 to 2015.

Publication Date: 
25/04/2016
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Air Pollution, Urban Air Quality, Air Quality Standards, PM 2.5, Delhi, Parliament, RSPM (PM 10)
Air Pollution

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Deaths due to air pollution, 25/04/2016

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Deaths due to air pollution, 25/04/2016. The details of funds released to various monitoring agencies under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP) for air pollution monitoring during 2012-2016 are given at Annexure-I. The ambient air quality monitoring carried out by CPCB for 13 Indian cities during 2010-2015, which is given at Annexure-II.

Publication Date: 
Monday, April 25, 2016
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Air Pollution, Indoor Air Pollution, Health Effects, Statistics, India, Parliament, RSPM (PM 10), PM 2.5
Air Pollution

Delhi is world's worst for air pollution in WHO report revealing 12.6 MILLION die every year from 'unhealthy environment'

A new World Health Organisation (WHO) report says an estimated 12.6 million people are dying each year globally from ‘unhealthy environment’ alone.

Publication Date: 
25/04/2016
Daily Mail (United Kingdom)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, Delhi, WHO, Non Communicable Diseases, Cancer, Bangladesh, India, Bhutan, North Korea, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, PM 2.5, Diesel
Air Pollution

State of the Air 2016

American Lung Association’s ‘state of the air’ report finds 166 million Americans are living in unhealthy ozone or particle pollution with serious health risks. More than half of the US population lives amid potentially dangerous air pollution, with national efforts to improve air quality at risk of being reversed, a new report has warned.

Publication Date: 
20/04/2016
American Lung Association
Tags:
Air Pollution, Ozone, Urban Air Quality, Health Effects, United States Of America (US), PM 2.5
Air Pollution

Shandong rewards cities for improved air quality

JINAN, April 20 (Xinhua) -- East China's Shandong Province is incentivizing cities to improve air quality by giving cash rewards to those that make progress and fining those that don't.

Publication Date: 
20/04/2016
Shanghai Daily (China)
Tags:
Air Pollution, China, Air Pollution Control, Nitrogen Dioxide, PM 2.5
Air Pollution

Air quality in eastern China improves but slips elsewhere: Greenpeace

The air quality in eastern China continued to improve in the first quarter, but smog worsened in central and western regions, Greenpeace said in a report on Wednesday after analyzing government dat

Publication Date: 
20/04/2016
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Air Pollution, China, PM 2.5, Greenpeace, Air Quality Monitoring, Air Pollution Control
Air Pollution

Dust data to be delivered direct to app

PEOPLE living in Shanghai will soon be able to check the level of construction dust in the air via a smartphone app, an official said yesterday.

Publication Date: 
19/04/2016
Shanghai Daily (China)
Tags:
Air Pollution, China, Air Pollution Control, PM 2.5, Science And Technology
Air Pollution

Estimating causal effects of long-term PM2.5 exposure on mortality in New Jersey

Many studies have reported the associations between long-term exposure to PM2.5 and increased risk of death. But, to our knowledge, none of them have used causal modeling approach or controlled for long-term temperature exposure. Few have used a general population sample. The researchers estimated the causal effects of long-term PM2.5 effect on mortality and tested the effect modifications by seasonal temperatures, census-tract-level socio-economic variables, and county-level health conditions.

Publication Date: 
15/04/2016
Yan Wang, Itai Kloog, Brent A. Coull & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
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Tags:
PM 2.5, Health Effects, United States Of America (US), Air Pollution

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