Fijnstofnieuws met een focus buiten Nederland
Bron: nu.nl en deVolkskrant Het Europees Milieuagentschap (EEA) heeft onderzoek gedaan naar de luchtkwaliteit door heel Europa. In de Zweedse gemeente Umea ademt men de schoonste lucht, terwijl het Poolse Nowy Sacz de slechtste lucht heeft. In Nederlands hebben Amsterdam (plek 182) en Nijmegen (plek 136) een matige luchtkwaliteit en heeft Groningen een goede luchtkwaliteit …
Source: CitiesToday, IQAir New air quality maps show that Copenhagen’s major access roads have nearly three times more (ultra)fine particles and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and five times higher black carbon levels than quieter residential areas. The maps are made through collaboration between Google and the city of Copenhagen. Even though Copenhagens’ air quality has improved in recent …
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Source: airqualitynews.com Exposure to fine dust (PM2.5) is linked to asthma in preschoolers. The research looked at 376 mothers’ homes, and found that those homes with PM2.5 exposure had an 18% chance of the children being diagnosed with asthma after 3 years, compared with 7% children overall in the U.S. Additionally, the research suggests that …
The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service highlights that their air quality forecasting shows that a substantial plume of Saharan dust is travelling north; from Spain to France and the Benelux countries, possibly reaching as far as Norway. This will likely lead to a significant drop in air quality in the affected regions. The high concentrations of …
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As an experiment, four buses in Italy have been implemented with a filter on the roof that “eats” smog and purifies air; while it travels. The filters pick up PM2.5 and PM10, and are being tested for optimal usage. A similar experiment has been launched 2 years ago, with a trial in Southampton. In 2020 …
Brussels has set legal limits on particulate matter since 2005, resulting in a series of legal actions against countries flouting the rules. Air pollution in Europe has eased in the last decade, but remains the continent’s biggest environmental health risk. Fine particulate pollution caused 379,000 premature deaths in the EU in 2018, according to the …
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A Korean study found that fine dust can make the brain shrink and cause cognitive decline. Using brain MRI, the researchers measured the subjects’ cortical thickness and subcortical volume. Then, they compared the values with the concentration of air pollutants in the subjects’ residential areas. The results showed that the higher concentration of air pollutants, …
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Higher PM2.5 concentrations appear to be associated with brain amyloid-ß plagues, a signature characteristic of Alzheimer disease. This suggests the need to consider particulate matter more thoroughly in public health policy decisions. This links back to previous articles, which underline that particulate matter is not only detrimental to the respiratory system, but to organs throughout …
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Already 2 years ago, the Guardian wrote an interactive article on the broad detrimental effects of air pollution on the human body: Air pollution may be damaging every organ and virtually every cell in the human body, according to a comprehensive new global review. The research shows head-to-toe harm, from heart and lung disease to diabetes …
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More pollution in the air could be linked to higher rates of mental health service utilization, researchers at the Yale School of Public Health found in a new study. Researcher in Nanjing – China, found that, after comparing outpatient visit numbers with the amount of particulate matter found in the air every day, that visits …
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Tens of thousands of European city dwellers die prematurely each year due to air pollution, researchers said on Wednesday in a study ranking more than 800 cities according to the risk of early death from two leading pollutants. Some 51,000 premature deaths from fine particulate matter and 900 from nitrogen dioxide could be prevented each …
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Source: airqualitynews.com A 5% increase in particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution was associated with 9,700 additional premature deaths across the United States, according to a study conducted by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. They found that this rise of PM2.5 increased the number of premature deaths of adults over the age of 30 by about 9,700 …
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