Air Pollution

Comment Technology A focus on revolutionary solutions like carbon capture and geoengineering is slowing the uptake of existing answers to the problems of climate change, air pollution and energy security, says environmental engineer Mark Jacobson By Mark Jacobson Michelle D’urbano BILL GATES has put billions of dollars into new technologies…

VIJAYAWADA: Air pollution in Andhra Pradesh is expected to reach safe levels by 2026 with a series of measures being initiated to reduce annual average particulate matter pollution to less than 60 micrograms per cubic metre. As part of National Clean Air Programme, the Centre has identified 131 cities across…

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There are harmful associations between long-term exposure to air pollution and an increased risk for late-life depression, according to a study published online Feb. 10 in JAMA Network Open. Xinye Qiu, Ph.D., from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, and colleagues conducted a population-based longitudinal cohort…

The research suggests that in adolescents living in London, U.K., exposure to higher levels of the pollutant nitrogen dioxide was associated with lower systolic blood pressure, while exposure to higher levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) was associated with higher systolic blood pressure. Credit: Mario La Pergola, Unsplash, CC0 (creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) In…

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Electric vehicles are widely hailed as a key way to mitigate climate change through reduced emissions, but research on the dual benefits of reduced air pollution and improved health has been largely hypothetical. A team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have now begun to document…

Long-term exposure to air pollution may be a driver of mental health issues, a prospective cohort study suggested. In an analysis of nearly 400,000 people in the U.K., long-term exposure to various air pollutants were linked with a higher risk for incident depression and anxiety, reported Jing Huang, PhD, of…

For India, rising air pollution levels have always been a concern from local, national, and global viewpoints. As a result, the country is now working to reduce pollution levels down to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (pdf) (NAAQS) through various government initiatives. To achieve the global air quality (AQ)…

Electricity generators Cause Hearing Loss The Federal Government has launched the national emissions control programmes for generators and vehicles to reduce air pollution in Nigeria from both machines. It revealed that the programmes involved the periodic testing of generators and vehicles for toxic and greenhouse gas emissions. The Minister of…