“Not just another living wall”: Product uses AI and plants to improve indoor air
A seemingly novel approach to improving indoor air quality is offered by a wall-based installation that uses microbes in the roots of plants to...
Nissan Leaf EV reaches 10,000 sales milestone in the UK
CAR manufacturer Nissan has sold more than 10,000 of its zero tailpipe emission Leaf electric cars in the UK, according to figures re- leased...
Sponsored content: Instrumentation firm has a memorable year, and not just because of coronavirus...
Despite the bleak, unprecedented Covid-19 cloud that descended upon us all in 2020, Enviro Technology Services (ET) has had a memorable and positive year...
Serious pollution and emissions cut at regulated sites, says EA
Serious pollution incidents across England have fallen by 56% since 2000 thanks to the work of Environment Agency and its partners, reports out on...
UK Lockdown and air pollution: Nitrogen dioxide halved but sulphur dioxide doubled, says study
A University of Liverpool study of air pollution in the UK during the first 100 days of lockdown seems to show that whilst nitrogen...
New gas analyser rental website launched
Signal Group is very excited to have launched their all new rental website with full on-line booking facilities. Utilising the very latest web technology,...
AQE 2015 to focus on ways to improve air quality and emissions monitoring
AQE 2015, the international Air Quality and Emissions show, will take place in Telford, UK, on 22nd and 23rd April. Created to provide an...
Gridded filters assist with asbestos count
US laboratory equipment supplier Environmental Express is offering gridded MCE filter membranes to address various sample collection and analysis needs, especially airborne asbestos fibre...
One Directive to rule them all…
The countdown has begun for UK regulators who have until January next year to implement Europe’s new Directive on Industrial Emissions in British law....
Figures show nearly 1 in 3 people are registered at GP surgeries with unsafe...
· 7.5 million NHS patients in London...
· over 2 million NHS patients in the East Midlands...
· 2.5 million NHS patients in the...
Leeds City Council waives ticket costs for air quality conference
An accredited online medical conference bringing together some of the country’s top air pollution experts will now be free to attend on 4 October,...
SEPA issues first variable penalty
A landfill site in Glasgow has been served with a civil penalty of £6,200 by SEPA for a breach of its environmental permit resulting in an offensive odour that affected local communities for eight days in June 2021 and 138 complaints.
Cheap charcoal air filters substantially improve in-vehicle air quality
A cheap charcoal air filter can reduce nitrogen dioxide (NO2) inside vehicles by as much as 90%, compared to levels outside the vehicle, according...
The lens of history: Reflections on the 70th anniversary of the Great Smog
The London smog of 1952 was certainly tragic in its effect, claiming over 12,000 lives. But it also marked the moment when air pollution's harms were finally acknowledged, and efforts began to legislate against it. Early December saw the 70th anniversary, and a time for reflection and stock-taking by environmental health experts, including a fascinating lecture by Dr Ian Mudway of Gresham College.
Purifiers improve heart health, says study
A six-month study concludes that the use of portable home air purifiers can improve some markers of cardiovascular health in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.
£10.7 million for local authorities
Local authorities across England have been granted almost £11 million in the latest round of funding for projects intended to help improve air quality.
VOCs landmark: Firm marks 20 years of mobile carbon filter rentals
2023 was a year of anniversaries for CPL/Puragen Activated Carbons. Back in the summer, they celebrated 10 years of spent carbon reactivation at their...
Anatomy of a particulate monitor: The Fidas 200 explained
Palas, the German manufacturer of particulate monitoring instruments, says it is expanding production to cope with demand for its fine particulate monitor, the Fidas®...
AQMesh pods measure volcanic emissions
Five AQMesh air quality monitoring pods are currently installed around Keflavic airport in Iceland to monitor gases produced by the nearby volcano at Fagradalsfjall, including hydrogen sulphide (H2S), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2).
Something in the air? UK focus
European government's are struggling to address the issue of air quality in a way that is practical and meaningful. For the UK the problem...
