Air Analysis – News and Features

In 2015, around 4.5 million people died prematurely from diseases attributed to ambient air pollution, including 237,000 children under the age of five from respiratory infections found a recent study.

New research links outdoor air pollution — even at levels deemed safe — to an increased risk of diabetes globally.

Meteorological conditions and emissions are the two main factors causing haze pollution. Chemical transport models may help us to quantify their relative impacts and thus provide scientific guidance for government decisions around emission control measures.

Waste oil from orange, tea tree and eucalyptus essential oil production mixed with diesel provides a sweet-smelling biofuel blend with comparable performance to diesel-only fuel.

Automated emissions monitoring system indicate a strong correlation between air quality in the area and oil and natural gas development.

A new analysis of long-term atmospheric measurements shows emissions of the ozone-destroying chemical CFC-11 are rising again, most likely from new, unreported production from an unidentified source in East Asia.

Prolonged exposure to particulate matter in air pollution in the Los Angeles Basin triggered inflammation and the appearance of cancer-related genes in the brains of rats, a study has found.

Children who were exposed to higher levels of air pollution during the third trimester of their mother’s pregnancy had a higher risk of elevated blood pressure in childhood, according to new research. This is one of the first studies to show that air pollution may have negative health effects on offspring exposed during pregnancy.

Air pollution levels remain dangerously high in many parts of the world. New data shows that 9 out of 10 people breathe air containing high levels of pollutants. Updated estimations reveal an alarming death toll of 7 million people every year caused by ambient (outdoor) and household air pollution.

Pioneering research is working on the removal of heavy metal from coal-fired power stations in the People’s Republic of China. The initiative is part of the new China Huadian Engineering Corporation Limited’s Clean and Efficient Coal Technology Consortium which was set up to address the nation’s air pollution problem.