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Jaarlijks meer dan 300.000 Europeanen dood door luchtvervuiling

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Bron: RTLnieuws In 2019 kwamen er 307.000 Europeanen om het leven door luchtvervuiling, en dat maakt het de grootste milieudreiging voor de gezondheid van mensen. Vooral fijnstof in de lucht is gevaarlijk. Wereldwijd sterven jaarlijks zeven miljoen mensen aan de gevolgen van luchtvervuiling. Er zit wel een kleine verbetering in de Europese luchtkwaliteit: in 2018 […]

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UK-news: Could renewed focus on clean air change perception and fuel the adoption of public transport?

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Source: airqualitynews In the source article, Darren Turpin – marketing director at Imperial Civil Enforcement Solutions and Trapeze Group, reflects on the discussion and conclusion of two roundtable events with a variety of experts (hosted by Civil Enforcement Solutions and Trapeze group). The group consensus was clear: there is a chance to position public transport

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Long-term exposure to permissible concentrations of air pollution linked with increased mortality risk

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Source: ScienceDaily Exposure to low concentrations of air pollution, even within allowed limits, may be causing tens of thousands of early deaths each year among elderly people and other vulnerable groups in the U.S., according to a large national study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “We found that among elderly patients enrolled

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WHO richtlijnen aangescherpt, ook schrikken voor Nederland

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Bron: scientias WHO scherpt fijnstofnormen aanDe laatste keer dat de Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie (WHO) de richtlijnen voor luchtkwaliteit herzag, was in 2005. Maar door toenemende wetenschappelijke inzichten van de laatste jaren is duidelijker geworden dat luchtvervuilende stoffen ook in lagere concentraties – lager dan de grenswaarden die de WHO in 2005 adviseerde – al heel schadelijk kunnen

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Office air quality may affect employees’ cognition, productivity

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Source: Harvard Office air quality can have significant impacts on employees’ cognitive function, including response times and ability to focus, also potentially affecting their productivity, according to new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Researchers observed impaired cognitive function in a variety of fields, at concentrations of PM2.5 and CO2 that

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Governments are increasingly adopting policies on air quality, but gaps hinder progress towards cleaner air

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Source: UN environment program A global review of policies and programmes to improve air quality shows that over the past five years more countries have adopted policies on all major polluting sectors. Yet large gaps in implementation, financing, capacity, and monitoring mean that air pollution levels remain high. This data is published today, the International Day

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UK coroner reports particulate matter pollution as cause of death of nine year old Ella Kissi

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Source: airqualitynews.com Ella grew up near one of London’s busiest roads, where air quality frequently fell below UK standards and World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines, Ella died following a severe asthma attack in February 2013. The coroner argues that the UK’s PM2.5 norms should follow the WHO guidelines at the minimum, and that adverse effects of

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Nijmegen en Amsterdam hebben de slechtste en Groningen de beste luchtkwaliteit van Nederland

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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

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Copenhagens’ major roads significantly more polluted than elsewhere in the city

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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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Exposure to pollution during pregnancy is linked to asthma in preschoolers as well as pregnancy loss

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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

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Plume of Sahara dust causes spike in European air pollution

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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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EU sues more countries over air pollution, nature and water

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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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Fine dust causes thinner brain, linked to dementia

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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 may link to Alzheimer disease

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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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Air pollution may be damaging ‘every organ in the body’

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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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Air Pollution Linked to Increased Mental Health Outpatient Visits

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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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Toxic air seen cutting thousands of lives short each year in Europe’s cities

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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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Increase in PM2.5 led to thousands of additional deaths in the U.S.

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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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