Worse air inside the car than outside
Air inside the vehicles is often more polluted than outdoors, warns the British Lung Foundation. Air pulled in by the ventilation inside the car contains exhausts from surrounding traffic. Contamination …
Media reports: Children brain activity and organ development damaged by air pollution.
Most recent reportage from Swedish national television (SVT) focuses on the damaging effects of air pollution on the most vulnerable of all groups, children.
One-day total vehicle ban in Paris. Lesson to be learned by other cities! #pollution #traffic #France #health
Previous Sunday, on the 27th of September 2015, Paris has announced an official Car Free Day with aim to lower both the air and noise pollution levels. The ban of …
Car exhaust behind increased risk for developing Alzheimer’s and dementia! #Pollution #Health #AirQuality #Alzheimer
A long-term studies of Umeå inhabitants (north of Sweden) reported in Journal of Environmental Health Perspectives linked high air pollution with incidence of dementia. Researchers from Umeå University and Karolinska Institute have shown that …