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Life expectancy declining in many English communities
Posted on October 29, 2021Continue readingNew study shows number of English communities experienced a decline in life expectancy from 2010-2019, Imperial College London News reports. Senior researcher Prof Majid Ezzati noted these declines signal
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Communities offered air quality sensors to monitor pollution levels
Posted on October 29, 2021Continue readingAiming to reach communities with poor air quality and lack access to green space, including low-income and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Londoners, the Breathe London community programme, funded by
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How environmentally friendly are wood-burning stoves?
Posted on October 29, 2021Continue readingPrevious studies have shown that people burn wood in their homes as they believe it to be more environmentally friendly. However figures released by the UK government in February this year show
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Environmentally friendly stoves emit 750 times more pollution than an HGV truck
Posted on October 29, 2021Continue readingFrom 2022, only stoves that meet an ecodesign standard will legally be sold in the UK and EU, however, the rules and regulations surrounding these standards are weak, as reported in the Guardian.
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