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Trendy wood burners TRIPLE the level of harmful pollution particles inside homes and should be sold with a health warning, study claims Researchers monitored pollution from wood burners in 19 Sheffield homes They found particle pollution increased three times when they were in use The team say the wood burners should come with a health … Read more
Air pollution was today recorded as a medical cause of death of a nine-year-old girl who suffered a fatal asthma attack in a first for the UK. Ella Kissi-Debrah is believed to be the first person in the country to have air pollution listed as the cause of death on their death certificate, following the … Read more
Light pollution is a ‘blight on the night sky’ that is obscuring our view of the stars and should be controlled for the sake of future generations, a group of MPs claim. An influential cross-party coalition of MPs and Peers have set out ‘ten dark sky policies’ they say the government should introduce to tackle … Read more
The level of a toxic car exhaust pollutant dropped across parts of south London following the scrapping of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTN), according to a report. Levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) were higher at 11 south London streets when residential roads were closed and dropped when seven Wandsworth Council schemes were halted, The Telegraph reports. … Read more
Was tragic Ella, 9, killed by the ‘dash for diesel’? Inquest into asthma girl’s death is told policy fuelled rise in pollution Ella Kissi-Debrah died in 2013 after 3 years of seizures and 27 visits to hospital The nine-year-old lived 80ft from the South Circular road in south-east London Inquest into her death in 2014 … Read more
A National Geographic-backed experiment has shown how plastic bottles can travel almost 2,000 miles in just three months in natural waterways in Asia. UK researchers from placed GPS and satellite tags in plastic bottles in the Ganges river and the Bay of Bengal at the top of the Indian Ocean. The maximum distance travelled by … Read more
Boris Johnson was today accused of putting poorer residents’ lives at risk when he delayed introducing the Low Emission Zone during his tenure as Mayor of London. Ella Kissi-Debrah, who lived 80ft from the south circular road in south-east London, died after three years of seizures and 27 visits to hospital for treatment to breathing problems. … Read more
Air pollution levels outside the home of a schoolgirl who died after an asthma attack ‘consistently exceeded’ legal limits, an inquest heard today. Ella Kissi-Debrah died after three years of seizures and 27 visits to hospital for treatment to breathing problems. The nine-year-old lived just 80ft from a notorious pollution ‘hotspot’ on the busy south … Read more
Birds living in urban areas have more chicks than those in the country because of light pollution prompting them to lay eggs earlier in the year, study finds. Researchers from California Polytechnic State University based examined data collected by the public on 58,506 nests from 142 species across North America. They found that urban birds are … Read more
Metal pollution left over from mining in the 19th century is weakening the shells of scallops off of the coast of the Isle of Man, a study has warned. Researchers led from York analysed shells from six areas around the island, looking at their thickness, strength and internal mineralogical composition. They said that the seabed … Read more