Central Ohioans with respiratory problems and some other health conditions should take it easy outdoors Sunday.
The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission has issued an air-quality alert, warning that stagnant, polluted air could worsen the symptoms of people with heart disease, asthma and other respiratory ailments who prolong their outdoor exertion.
Air pollution in Swaffham has breached national standards for a second year running, but proposed new air quality policies could be too late to affect plans for hundreds of new homes and a superstore.
via Air pollution in Swaffham exceeds national limits for second year – News – Norwich Evening News.
Chile has issued environmental alert for its capital because of air pollution. Santiago is bordered by the Andes mountains where smog from cars and factories is often bottled up.
City officials have now placed limits on industries and the circulation of cars.
4200 people die in Chile each year from causes directly linked to smog and other kinds of pollution.
It is the first environmental alert for Santiago this year.
Chile’s Smog Still Deadly – IPS ipsnews.net.
The official State of the Environment Report 2011, released this week found that the limits set for ambient fine particulate matter PM2.5 was exceeded in 30 cities for Chile.
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MOTORISTS familiar with the A27 Upper Brighton Road at Grove Lodge will have noticed a large white box has appeared at the side of the road.
The box contains a new air quality analyser, installed by Worthing Borough Council’s environmental protection team to continuously monitor levels of Nitrogen Dioxide, predominantly from traffic emissions.
via Monitoring air quality in Worthing – News – Worthing Herald.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its proposal to approve revisions submitted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to the state’s permitting program for major air pollution sources under the Clean Air Act’s New Source Review (NSR) program. These changes to the State’s clean air plan meet federal clean air goals by establishing state rules for existing major facilities that are consistent with federal permitting requirements.
via EPA proposes approval of Texas’ clean air plan on Environmental Expert.
Air pollution. Asthma. Obesity. These are among the plights of the modern city. As the world’s cities become home to a greater percentage of the population, better urban planning will be needed to reduce these negative health impacts, according to a new report from the University College London/Lancet Commission on Healthy Cities.
via The Urban Health Desert – Neighborhoods – The Atlantic Cities.
A cold start to winter has meant that there have already been five exceedances of the national air quality standards in Hastings this winter. Napier also came close to exceeding last weekend.
The significance of getting air quality as a health indicator and the need to convey air quality messages featured at the Care4Air conference in Doncaster on May 30 2012.
Local authorities will need to make their air quality work more “engaging” for the public under proposed legislative changes, a senior Defra air quality official has said.
via Defra tells councils to engage more on air quality | AirQualityNews.
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