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 …
Air Pollution Linked to Increased Mental Health Outpatient Visits Lees verder »
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 …
Toxic air seen cutting thousands of lives short each year in Europe’s cities Lees verder »
In vrijwel heel Nederland lagen in 2019 de berekende concentraties stikstofdioxide (NO2 Stikstofdioxide ) en fijnstof (PM10 fijnstof ) onder de Europese grenswaarden. Plaatselijk wordt de grenswaarde voor stikstofdioxide nog overschreden. Dit komt voornamelijk door druk verkeer in de binnenstad, of bij intensieve veehouderijen. Maar: ook onder de grenswaarden is luchtverontreiniging nog schadelijk. Link naar artikel.
