Air Pollution

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Air pollution is linked to a heightened risk of progressive and irreversible sight loss, known as age related macular degeneration, or AMD for short, reveals a large long term study, published online in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. If these findings are confirmed, they could pave…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Research has studied the effects of climate risk on financial markets, but few studies have addressed the effect of environmental policy on those markets. A new study examined whether federal policy aimed at mitigating local air pollution—specifically, the Clean Air Act—affected the municipal bond market from…

In a time-stratified, case-crossover study, exposure to both large and small particulate matter, as well as to nitrogen dioxide, was significantly associated with increased odds of death from myocardial infarction (MI). Investigators found "consistent evidence" that short-term exposure to particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 μm or smaller (PM2.5),…

A green group said on Thursday that despite improvements in air quality amid Covid-19 outbreaks last year, pollution levels are still far exceeding the limits set by the government. Clean Air Network analysed data collected from both general and roadside monitoring stations set up by the government across the city,…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A health impact study has for the first time estimated the mortality burden attributable to air pollution in more than 1,000 European cities. The study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, includes a ranking of the European cities with the highest rates of mortality attributable to…

Humans once lived in harmony with the natural world. Consider timekeeping. Until relatively recently, the human notion of time was based on the natural rhythms of nature. Time was measured by a new moon, the first snow, a migrating bird, or the ebb and flow of a river. Time meant…

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written by Linda Moon ,December 28, 2020 Credit: Stanley Li The 2020 bushfires and COVID-19 drew a national gasp of attention to the importance of clean air, and an organ central to your health and wellbeing: your lungs. “The first thing we do when we’re born is inhale. The last…

A YELLOW alert for heavy air pollution was issued by local authorities at 8am yesterday morning.Yellow is the third-highest alert in the four-tier system.The main pollutant is PM2.5, blown in from the north, and the concentration reached 157 micrograms per cubic meter, 82 micrograms higher than the healthy standard, according…

SHAH ALAM: Kuala Langat residents who have been struggling with pollution issues caused by errant factory operators are not taking it lying down. Up to Dec 18 this year, the Selangor Department of Environment (DOE) has received a total of 114 complaints from them. Last year, it received 196 complaints…