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REACT findings show infections remain high 10 days into lockdown
Ten days into lockdown and the latest findings from the ongoing REal-time Assessment of Community Transmission (REACT) study shows coronavirus infection rates
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Increased life expectancy for children in London due to air quality policies
Imperial College London News highlights a new report by Dr Heather Walton and colleagues from the Environmental Research Group showing how London specific air quality policies,
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Limiting air pollution could prevent thousands of death annually in Europe
A study in the Lancet journal assessed premature mortality due to air pollution in European cities and found that reducing fine particulate matter and
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Polluted air in London’s outer boroughs deadliest for older residents
Research led by Dr Heather Walton and team suggests better controls of pollution in London’s outer boroughs would have a great impact as those boroughs
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Climate change and children’s diets
Children in developing countries with temperatures on the rise have poorer diets, researchers find, as reported in a Reuters article.
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Environment cited in extradition court case in France
A court in France has cited the environment as a criterion used in determining whether a man with asthma would be extradited to his home country
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New air pollution monitors across London
Imperial College London will be managing more than 100 new air pollution monitors across various locations around the capital
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Electric cars and air pollution
Although the use of electric cars removes pollutants from exhausts, simply exchanging fossil fuel cars for electric ones
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Ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2030
From 2030, a ban on the sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles is being introduced with the aim to reduce
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Air pollution’s negative effect on children’s lungs
Study led by Dr Ian Mudway shows the long-term impact of breathing polluted air negatively affects lung development in children who live in a city,
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