People with gas and propane stoves breathe more unhealthy nitrogen dioxide, study finds
"It's the whole family's problem." Among other negative health effects, breathing high levels of nitrogen dioxide, or NO 2, ...
Understanding the link between sleep apnea and air pollution
Particulate matter (PM), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and ozone (O3) are among the primary pollutants ...
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Cleaner air for Londoners after Ulez - report
Levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) - a toxic gas that exacerbates asthma, impedes lung development, and raises the risk of lung cancer - across all of London is estimated to have decreased by 27% ...
Reducing traffic in Barcelona by 25% would prevent around 200 premature deaths a year linked to pollution
A 25% reduction in motorised traffic in the city of Barcelona would have significant health benefits. A study carried out by ISGlobal estimates this improvement in air quality would prevent almost 200 ...
London Evening Standard23d
Ulez expansion to Greater London boundary has driven air pollution down, TfL reveals
A new analysis based on the first year of the expansion found that levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) – which is created by NOx exhaust emission gases – had fallen by 4.8 per cent. This is ...
Chennai’s winter air quality hit due to rise in NO2 & local hotspots
CHENNAI: Chennai recorded a sharp rise in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels and witnessed localised air pollution hotspots this ...
More pollution from cooking on a gas hob than from one of Britain’s busiest roads, Which? finds
New research by Which? suggests cooking on a gas hob can create more air pollution indoors than levels found on one of the UK’s busiest roads.
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London Air Quality Improves After Vehicle Restrictions Imposed
A year after being implemented, measures to restrict the most-polluting vehicles from driving into a larger area of London lowered emissions of the health-harming pollutants nitrogen dioxide (NO2 ...
Air quality measurement concern
Concerns were raised by a ward councillor that two diffusion tubes which measure the NO2 levels, which significantly contribute to air pollution, had been removed from her area.