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Air Pollution Pandemic Is Already Here

The Air Pollution Pandemic is already here and causes 7 million deaths each year. To put that into perspective air pollution causes more deaths each year than malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS combined. Since it emerged in 2019, 4.9m deaths have been recorded around the world from COVID-19, and governments worked quickly to develop vaccines to prevent more deaths.  If similar effort was put into monitoring and addressing air pollution more lives would be saved and...

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Environment Bill must go further to protect against air pollution

The Government risks missing a once in a generation opportunity to tackle deadly air pollution if it fails to strengthen its Environment Bill, our Chief Executive has warned today. The Environment Bill 2019, introduced into the House of Commons two weeks ago by the Environment Secretary Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP, received its Second Reading last night. The Bill seeks to deliver on the Government’s commitment in its 2017 manifesto to “to be the first...

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Most city-dwelling Europeans face damaging air pollution, warns EEA

The majority of people in European cities live among health-damaging levels of air pollution, despite improvements over the last two decades and a lockdown-induced decrease last year, the European Environment Agency said on Tuesday. Air pollution is Europe’s biggest environmental health risk, with fine particulate matter causing 307,000 premature deaths in the European Union in 2019 – although that was about 33% fewer deaths than in 2005 – according to the EEA. Around 97% of Read more…

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Airscan partners with Goji Air and launches Clean Air As A Service (CAAAS)

Clean Air as a Service (CAaaS) combines air quality monitoring and air filtration and offers business owners a safer, cleaner and healthier environment for their employees. Airscan, specialists in outdoor ambient air quality monitoring, have launched its Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)monitoring system that uses the same state of the art technology that has already proved successful in monitoring Outdoor Air Quality (OAQ). The Airscan IAQ system comes with a variety of sensor options, dependent upon Read more…

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Luxembourg installs Airscan Air Quality Network

In 2019, air pollution caused 307,000 deaths in the European Union. A figure that has fallen by more than 10% in a year, according to the European Environment Agency. More than half of these lives could be saved, if the 27 member countries met the new air quality targets recently set by the World Health Organisation. LuxMobility has made health and wellbeing of citizens a priority and is working to reduce these figures, in particular Read more…

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Air Quality Tech Firm achieves Made In Britain status

Iknaia Limited has achieved the internationally recognised Made In Britain accreditation for its range of innovative ‘Airscan’ air quality monitoring solutions that are developed, designed and manufactured at its headquarters in Hertfordshire. The independent privately owned business has been producing air quality monitoring products since 2016 after securing an Innovate UK funded grant to launch. Airscan provides real-time air quality data of NO2 SO2, CO, CO2, O3 and particulate matter (1, 2.5, 4 & 10), Read more…

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Airscan – Active Management of Diversion Routes

In June 2015, Highways England’s began a ‘new approach to roadworks’ pilot scheme which ‘sets out roadworks to help improve customers’ experience and contribute to a safer environment for both them and roadworkers’. This new approach has elevated the ‘customer experience’ to new levels by use of additional journey time information, easily distinguishable signing and a more consistent overall approach. To complement this approach, Colas has worked on a new initiative on the M3 Smart Read more…

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Portsmouth blasts government on ‘imposed’ Clean Air Zone

After Portsmouth City Council submitted its final Clean Air Zone (CAZ) plans last week, Cllr Dave Ashmore, cabinet member for Environment & Climate Change, has blasted the government saying they are ‘imposing’ the CAZ on the city and have ignored suggestions by the local authority to improve air quality. In September, the council rubber-stamped a Class B CAZ, which will charge older, polluting buses, coaches, taxis, and heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) entering the city each Read more…

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European air-quality map exposes dangers

Pollutionwatch: European air-quality map exposes dangers The European Environment Agency has shed fresh light on the continent’s air quality. Following the prevailing winds from west to east there is a clear gradient, with the cleanest air in the countries first in line for fresh Atlantic winds. Geography has an impact too: the Alps and Apennines trap air pollution in Italy’s Po Valley, making it one of the worst-hit areas. Southern Europe’s strong sunlight leads to chemical Read more…

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New demands for action over Storrington air pollution

New demands for action over Storrington air pollution And scores of villagers later took to social media praising his efforts and pledged to join him in future protests. Storrington has already been acknowledged as being among the worst places in Britain for air quality. Earlier this year a group of residents at Manley’s Hill again pleaded for action over what they described as a ‘toxic trench’ in the area. The village has suffered high levels Read more…

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