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6 May, 2020
Levels of London pollution both increase and decrease during lockdown, study finds
Professor Martin Williams, Head of Science Policy and Epidemiology at King's College London quotes, 'Our early analysis of the lockdown showed significant reductions in nitrogen dioxide (NO2)...
21 April, 2020
Meet Frank Kelly: Humphrey Battcock Chair of Environment and Health at Imperial College London
Professor Frank Kelly is the inaugural Humphrey Battcock Chair of Environment and Health in the School of Public Health.
17 April, 2020
London news: Lockdown sees capital clean up its act as air pollution plummets
Professor Martin Williams commented on the pandemic’s impacts on air pollution in the Daily Express
20 February, 2020
New Scientist - Opening your windows doesn't help reduce indoor air pollution
Professor Frank Kelly quotes, 'Modern houses are becoming more air-tight as we try to conserve energy' This may be bad for our air quality unless homes are built with mechanical ventilation...
11 February, 2020
Air pollution has major impact on children in sport, study warns
Dr Ian Mudway, Senior Lecturer in respiratory toxicology at King's College London is quoted as saying, 'A Child growing up with asthma in a polluted city will have worse symptoms that will limit...
24 January, 2020
Liverpool City Region's air pollution linked to 1,040 deaths per year
Dr David Dajnak, principal air quality scientist from King's College London quotes, 'People's lives are being cut short and, notably, the most vulnerable could benefit the most from immediate...
15 January, 2020
Revealed: microplastic pollution is raining down on city dwellers
Dr Stephanie Wright from King's College London reports on the increase of microplastics, and the concern of not knowing much about it.
9 January, 2020
It's 2020 and Uber's new flying car is here, but is it all it’s cracked up to be?
Dr Gary Fulller from King's College London notes that the 'flying car' which is 100% electric, is still a detriment to air pollution.
9 January, 2020
Air pollution from brake dust may have same harmful effects on immune cells as diesel exhaust
Dr Ian Mudway, Senior Lecturer at King's College London who led the research suggesting that particulate pollution from brake wear could be contributing to increased susceptibility to airway...
3 January, 2020
Pollution from Heathrow detected in central London
Dr Gary Fuller, Senior Lecturer in Air Pollution Measurement and Dr Ioar Rivas, Research Fellow at King's College London report on the study of measured ultrafine particles (UFP) in European...