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Prevention of Future Deaths Press Conference
It is one year since Coroner Philip Barlow published the Prevention of Future Deaths Report following the landmark ruling that air pollution contributed to 9 year-old Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah’s death from severe asthma. The PFD Report recommended three key areas of focus: the implementation of legal air pollution limits based on WHO guidelines, a public awareness campaign on […]
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Law needs to protect UK from spring air pollution increase
Dr David Green from the Environmental Research Group at Imperial College London comments on the contributions of pollution from traffic and other sources. Read more in the article from The Guardian.
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Wafting away the big smoke: Battling air pollution in the capital
As part of Sustainability Week, Imperial hosted a panel session to discuss how to tackle air pollution on campus and in the wider London area. Read more here. Photo Mario La Pergola on Unsplash
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Environmental Research Group at Imperial College London – Beech Street NO2 levels Zero Emission
Louise Mittal from the Environmental Research Group at Imperial College London, quotes NO2 levels in Beech Street, a tunnel under the Barbican Estate in the Evening Standard. For the full independent report ‘Air quality effects of the implementation and removal of zero emission street restrictions at Beech Street in the City of London’ by Louise, […]
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Digital screens help monitor London’s air quality
Clear Channel and experts from Imperial College London have joined forces for a first-of-its-kind pilot, integrating air quality sensors into digital advertising displays in Barking & Dagenham. Read More. Bloomberg also reports on the story, read their article here.
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High air pollution warning issued for London
“High air pollution warning issued for London” BBC News – “A high air pollution warning has been issued for London for the first time since August 2020, City Hall has said. The Mayor of London warned that the capital is “importing pollution from the continent” alongside a build-up of local emissions. An Imperial College London […]
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Environmental researchers join New Scientist Live
Members of the MRC Centre for Environment and Health, the Health Protection Research Units (NIHR HPRU) in Environmental Exposures and Health, and in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards from Imperial College London, and UK Health Security Agency, together with project partners from the University of Manchester and Queen Mary University of London attended the New Scientist […]
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‘What London’s new clean air plan means for lungs and pockets’
Dr Gary Fuller [School of Public Health] talks to the Evening Standard about the impact of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone and discusses the increase in toxic air post COVID as commuters return to work. Listen to the Podcast here.
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Imperial (and Professor Frank Kelly, ERG) featured in Impact and Innovation 110 publication
A new publication from Upstream – a partnership between Hammersmith & Fulham Council and Imperial – highlights leaders in innovation and impact. Read more here.
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BBC Science Focus: Does the air pollution on the London Underground harm your health?
“On any given weekday, the London Underground sees up to five million passengers hopping on and off its network. Its 11 lines serve 272 stations, and at peak times there can be over 500 trains hurtling around beneath the streets of London… But how fresh is the air that you’re breathing on the tube? ‘The […]
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