The 8.68% rise in the number of vehicles in Lucknow, India, during 2011-12 has taken its toll on city’s ambient air quality. As a result, there is no let-up either in the air pollution or the noise pollution levels. The increase in the number of vehicles has also led to a rise in the concentration of fine particulate matter in the air.
via Increasing vehicles amplify pollution levels – The Times of India.
Air pollution, a serious danger to the environment, is also a major health risk, associated with respiratory infections, lung cancer and heart disease. Now a Tel Aviv University researcher has concluded that not only does air pollution impact cardiac events such as heart attack and stroke, but it also causes repeated episodes over the long term.
One in four Richmond residents lives in areas of high air pollution from nearby industry or busy roadways, according to a city estimate based on data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency‘s Toxic Release Inventory and the California Air Resources Board.
via Pollution, Poverty, People of Color: The factory on the hill. — Environmental Health News.
The monitoring of Chinese pollution levels causes controversy…
BBC News – China warns foreign embassies not to monitor pollution.
From 1 June 2012, Hong Kong will apply Euro V diesel emissions standards to newly registered vehicles. The ruling, part of the Air Pollution Control Regulation 2012, will apply to heavy-duty vehicles over 3.5 tonnes. Those vehicles already registered will have to meet the standards from 31 December 2012.
via Hong Kong Implements Euro V Emissions Standards – FindAdBlue.com.
If you’re the kind of person who likes to check the weather forecast before making plans, you’re going to have another bit of information to consider this July when the provincial environment department will begin to issue air quality forecasts for the Fort Saskatchewan area.
via Air quality forecast comes to Fort Sask. area in July – Fort Saskatchewan Record – Alberta, CA.
Deteriorating air quality in Hong Kong is sending more people to hospital, says a new survey.
According to a pair of researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, who examined day-to-day pollution levels and hospital visits over a six-year period, a rise in airborne pollutants in Hong Kong was associated with a rise in emergency hospital visits.
via Air Pollution Fuels Hospital Visits in Hong Kong – China Real Time Report – WSJ.
The famed redwoods of Sequoia National Park are slowly yet surely being replaced by another kind of enduring landmark: a sky-spanning carpet of lung-blistering smog.
via Sequoia National Park Is Stuck in Pollution Hell – Neighborhoods – The Atlantic Cities.
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