SPM

Engines of the devil: why dieselisation of private automobile fleet should be banned - the case of Delhi

To understand the problem posed by diesel, it is necessary to understand the new information that has emerged over the last decade about its ill-effects. The first big finding come with air pollution experts discovering that diesel exhaust consists of 10-100 times more particles than petrol. More than that, experts soon began to realise that it is not the total quantity of particles that matters so much for public health as the size of the particles in vehicular exhaust. This monograph busted the myth that diesel is the fuel of the future and shows how harmful it is for the health.

Publication Date:

Jan 1999

Author(s): Anil Agarwal

Source: Centre for Science and Environment

Tags:

Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, SPM, Nitrogen Dioxide, Ozone, Fuel Quality, Diesel, Transport, Supreme Court, Europe, Delhi

Air Pollution

Ambient air pollution & respiratory symptoms complex in preschool children

To study the association between ambient air pollutants (AAP) and respiratory symptoms complex (RSC) in preschool children, a cohort of 664 children between the ages of 1 month to 4.5 yr were randomly selected from 28 slums (anganwadi centres) of Lucknow, north India. They were followed up fortnightly for six months.

Publication Date:

01/10/1996

Author(s): Shally Awasthi, Henry A. Glick, Robert H. Fletcher & et al

Source: Indian Journal of Medical Research

Vol:

104

Issue:

0

pp:

257

Tags:

Air Pollution, Health Effects, Child Health, Respiratory Diseases, Slums, Indoor Air Pollution, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), SPM, Lucknow (T), Household Energy

Air Pollution

Report of the expert committee on atmospheric environmental quality and preservation of Taj Mahal and Agra monuments - Vol I (Varadarajan Committee Report on Taj)

The Government of India announced its decision in 1973 to set up a 6 million tonne per year Petroleum Oil Refinery at Mathura under the Indian Oil Corporation of India.

Publication Date:

01/04/1995

Source: Ministry of Environment and Forests

Tags:

Air Pollution

National Ambient Air Quality Standards, 1994

The Central Pollution Control Board in exercise of its powers conferred under section 16(2) (h) of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act,1981 (14 of 1981) notify the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, 1994.

Publication Date:

11/04/1994

Source: CPCB

Tags:

Air Pollution, SPM, Carbon Monoxide, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Air Quality Standards, India

Air Pollution

Status of air quality in Agra region

To protect the treasured monument - Taj Mahal - from the possible effects of chemicals in air, the Government of India constituted a High Power Committee to oversee the implementation of the necessary air pollution control measures in Agra Mathura Region and an Expert Group to assist the Committee with its scientific and technical findings.

Publication Date:

01/04/1987

Source: Central Board for the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution

Tags:

Air Pollution, Agra (T), Monuments, Air Pollution Control, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), SPM, Industrial Pollution, Mathura (T)

Environment

Guidelines for location & prevention & control of pollution in stone crusher industry

Stone crushing industry is an important industrial sector in the country engaged in producing crushed stone which acts as raw material for various construction activities such as the construction of roads, bridges, buildings, canals, etc.

Publication Date:

01/12/2008

Source: Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board

Tags:

Pollution, Pollution Control, Stone Industry, Stone, SPM, Rajasthan, Environment Management