Do you believe that you should wear a face mask with filter? Good call. A growing body of evidence supports the idea that wearing face masks with filter in public, even when you feel well, can help curb the spread of any kind of diseases. Since people can spread diseases even without showing symptoms, that’s […]
How do you think the United States stacks up against other countries for protecting its citizens from the health threats of air pollution? That’s the question Christiana Figueres, one of the world’s leading climate warriors, posed at last week’s Global Climate and Health Forum, an official side event of the Global Climate Action Summit. The […]
Nitrate emissions from cars and factories are now the main component of PM2.5 in some parts of Beijing. The composition of air pollution in Beijing is changing, according to the latest research into the subject. Potentially harmful pollutants, known as nitrates, emitted by cars and factories are now the main component of the tiny atmospheric […]
For decades now, GDP has been the standard measure of a nation’s well-being. But it is becoming clear that an economic boost may not be accompanied by a rise in individual happiness. While there are many reasons for this, one important factor is that as nations become richer, environmental features such as green space and […]
Research has shown that exposure to air pollution, be it brief or over the long term, can have negative impacts on the lungs and hearts, and potentially the brain as well (Brook 2009). It is estimated that outdoor air pollution causes 3 million excess deaths worldwide each year (The Lancet 2015). In response, a number of […]
About Wildfires Uncontrolled blazes fueled by weather, wind, and dry underbrush, wildfires can burn acres of land—and consume everything in their paths—in mere minutes. On average, more than 100,000 wildfires, also called wildland fires or forest fires, clear 4 million to 5 million acres (1.6 million to 2 million hectares) of land in the U.S. […]
The latest WHO ranking of cities based on ambient air quality released on 2nd May lists eight out of ten Indian cities as the top most polluted cities in the world. However, if we look deeper into the data for 859 cities across the world given in the WHO report for the year 2016, it […]
