Special Interest News Items

Here are some links to news items from independent 3rd party websites, on related subjects. This will grow as more content is authorised by their copyright holders for inclusion. As new articles are released all the time, we will be updating this page regularly. Feel welcome to sign up to our newsletter if you want to be among the first to find out.

The Guardian

Invisible pollution kills up to 9,000 people a year in the capital ... Londoners will be breathing dangerous air until 2025…

Brake

… It is illegal to drive while unfit to do so as a result of taking either legal or illegal drugs. As part of a new drug driving law set to come into force in autumn 2014…

The Mirror

… Advice to drivers suffering hay fever is to look for medication without the side effects, if possible, or to cut out as many non-essential car journeys as possible…

Government and Independent Scientific Reports

Here are links to published government and scientific reports that explore the subject of bad air quality and their effect of common toxins on our health. This will grow as more content is authorised by their copyright holders for inclusion.

DEFRA (Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs)

Various surveys have found that pollution levels inside cars can be higher than those in the surrounding ambient air.

British Lung Foundation

… As air pollution levels rise, people with lung conditions are at an increased risk of becoming ill and needing treatment…

World Health Organisation

… WHO reports that in 2012 around 7 million people died - one in eight of total global deaths – as a result of air pollution exposure… air pollution is now the world’s largest single environmental health risk…

Conserve Energy Future

Air quality index (AQI) is a numerical scale used for reporting day-to-day air quality … The AQI centers on the health effects that may be experienced within a few days or hours after breathing polluted air.

European Environment Agency

… Air pollution is the single largest environmental health risk in Europe. It shortens people’s lifespan and contributes to serious illnesses such as heart disease, respiratory problems and cancer…

CCCEH (Columbian Centre for Children’s Environmental Health)

Results of research studies with 500 pregnant women and their children … how common pollutants contribute to rates of asthma, developmental delays, behavioral disorders and cancer.

World Health Organisation

Ambient (outdoor) air quality and health - (Fact sheet, Updated: September 2016)

CCCEH (Columbian Centre for Children’s Environmental Health)

Exposure to common air pollutants during pregnancy may predispose children to problems regulating their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors later on, according to a study conducted by a University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute.

The MET Office

How to use the Daily Air Quality Index … sensitive individuals may experience health effects even on Low air pollution days. This advice applies to anyone experiencing symptoms.

CCCEH (Columbian Centre for Children’s Environmental Health)

How prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) - carcinogenic and neurotoxic combustion byproducts commonly found in urban air - combined with material hardship significantly increases ADHD symptoms in children...

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