Image via WikipediaNIWA launches biggest-ever scientific air quality campaign (Our Science, National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research(NIWA), Sep. 2, 2010)Also discussed here: Scientists are investigating traffic-related air pollution (Scoop, Jul. 15, 2011)
The focus of today’s review is a research study launched in 2010 to assess the contributions of roadside emissions from vehicles and from wood smoke to health risk. Particular attention is paid to the health risks for children in schools from both indoor and outdoor air pollutio
Video describing project
Key Quotes:
“NIWA is looking at the long-term effects of motorways and wood smoke on air quality. Scientists are assessing the impacts of Auckland’s southern motorway on air quality in a surrounding neighbourhood”
“One of the aims of this work is to find out how we might reduce the number of people exposed to health-endangering concentrations of air pollution close to motorways”
“In New Zealand, there is a risk that National Environmental Standards for air quality (and World Health Organisation WHO guidelines) might be breached alongside major roads”
“Cars and trucks are the most significant source of ultra-fine particles, and air pollution, in many cities. New findings suggest that ultra-fine particles (the tiny flecks of soot and fumes that come from traffic and wood smoke) are more toxic than larger particles”
Related articles
- Impacts of Nano Particulates from Urban Traffic on the Brain (pollutionfree.wordpress.com)
- Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) (ees2001.wordpress.com)
- Why air pollution is the new issue in town (guardian.co.uk)
- Heat Wave And Air Pollution: A Double-Whammy Of Health Risks (huffingtonpost.com)
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