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 ...
Athletes’ app now offers personalised air pollution exposure data
Apr 10, 2024 · Air Aware Labs, who specialise in developing real-time, high-resolution air quality modelling solutions to combat personal exposure to air pollution, has announced its integration with Strava, the leading social platform for athletes. This strategic integration brings real-time air quality insights to athletes around the globe, enabling them to understand…
Air pollution affects our mood differently – AirQualityNews
Aug 12, 2024 · I wish that Dr Dick van Steenis (Times obituary 13 April 2013) could have read this article, particularly: “ The team say that one of the implications of their findings is that ASAP could partially explain one of the mechanisms by which exposure to air pollution increases longer-term risk for adverse mental health outcomes, like symptoms of anxiety and depression.”
AirTrack: Real-time personal air quality insights for athletes
Sep 7, 2024 · To coincide with the UN’s International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, Air Aware Labs, a London-based start-up, have today announced the launch of AirTrack, a platform designed to help understand their personal exposure to harmful air pollutants and enable them to take mitigating measures. Air pollution is a public…
Feature: How does air quality affect the workplace?
Aug 5, 2022 · Director at Evotech Air Quality, John Lumb explores how air quality might affect the workplace, from lower productivity to higher absenteeism. Lower productivity Research shows that poor air quality in workplaces can have a significant negative impact on the cognitive functioning of employees, including slower response times and the ability…
Ambient Air Quality Directive published – AirQualityNews
Nov 20, 2024 · The revised legislation means Europe is now on track to deliver healthier air as the agreement imposes stricter limits on pollutants including particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide. Each year air pollution cuts short the lives of almost 300,000 Europeans, contributing to respiratory illnesses, cardiovascular disease and other serious health…
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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’
The power of plants: can urban green spaces tackle air pollution?
Apr 19, 2022 · Air Quality News editor Chloe Coules discovers the natural ability of plants to tackle air pollution and investigates how local authorities can incorporate green spaces in their clean air strategies.. Despite many local authorities incorporating green space in their plans to tackle air pollution, there is still much debate around how effective plants can be in improving the quality of our air ...
Air pollution’s disproportionate impact on ... - AirQualityNews
Jan 9, 2023 · With overwhelming evidence to show that the most disadvantaged in society bear the brunt of pollutants, despite contributing the least, Martin Guttridge-Hewitt explores the uneven impact of toxic air and how to help those most in need. Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) are grave concerns when…