Air Pollution

9 May 2022 Keme Nzerem talks about the politics of air pollution, why it’s damaging to our health and its links with poverty. https://traffic.libsyn.com/thefourcast/220507_POLLUTION_KEME_mixdown-16LUFS.mp3 Just how polluted is the air we breathe in the UK? Other than the smog we can see it’s sometimes impossible to visualise what some call…

Microscopic air pollution caused mostly by burning fossil fuels shortens lives worldwide by more than two years, researchers reported Tuesday. Across South Asia, the average person would live five years longer if levels of fine particulate matter met World Health Organization standards, according to a report from the University of…

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A study by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has suggested that men contribute more to air pollution compared to women. The study, “Understanding the mitigation potential of sustainable urban transport measures across income and gender groups”, observed that men tend to use personal transport more than women when their…

Photo: PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP (Getty Images) Gas-powered cars are horrible for the environment and our lungs, but new research shows that particles released by rubber tires are a major contributor to air pollution, too. Tests conducted over two years by UK-based consultancy and research firm Emissions Analytics found that car…

An investigation by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) is under way, with officials and experts from Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo and the North West looking into the cause of the sulphur stench in parts of Gauteng and North West.   The stench, which was present at about the…

A new study by University of Delaware researchers discovered that eating more apiaceous vegetables could help mitigate the effects of air pollution. Toxins from cigarette smoke and air pollution may be absorbed by celery, carrots, parsnips, and parsley.Air pollution is defined as the release of pollutants into the atmosphere that…

Analysis of air pollution and crop health via satellite imagery suggests that limiting emissions of nitrogen dioxide, a potent greenhouse gas, could boost crop yields by up to 28 per cent Environment 1 June 2022 By Jason Arunn Murugesu Farmer working in a rice field during harvest in China Delpixel/Shutterstock…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Living in areas with higher air pollution is associated with an increased risk of in-hospital death from stroke, and the risk varies depending on the size of the air pollution particles, according to a new study published in the May 25, 2022, online issue of Neurology.…

Air pollution poses a major threat to public health, having been associated with higher rates of heart disease, stroke, and respiratory illness. Now, new research also links it to worse outcomes of COVID-19. In a study published May 24 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, researchers looked at data from…