Hiukkasfoorumi, Fine Particle Forum

Yle ja Green Car Congress siteeraavat Rönkkö et al. julkaisua “Vehicle Engines Produce Exhaust Nanoparticles Even When Not Fueled” (Environmental Science & Technology, 2014) omissa julkaisuissaan.

llmatieteen laitos ja paikallinen TERI-instituutti ovat yhteistyössä selvittäneet Intiassa esiintyvän saastepilven ominaisuuksia ja kulkeutumista.

 

While taking in the scenery during long road trips, passengers also may be taking in potentially harmful ultrafine particles (UFPs) that come into the car through outdoor air vents. Closing the vents reduces UFPs, but causes exhaled carbon dioxide to build up.

Puijon torni sopii maisemien ihailun lisäksi myös pienhiukkastutkimukseen, käy ilmi Harri Portinin väitöstutkimuksesta.
 

UF researchers compared birth data with Environmental Protection Agency estimates of air pollution, finding that heavy exposure to four air pollutants led to a significantly increased risk for developing a high blood pressure disorder during pregnancy. The research was published in the January issue of the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

– Joutokäyntiä valvotaan normaalia tehokkaammin koko pääkaupunkiseudulla, kertoo Helsingin kunnallinen pysäköinninvalvoja Kaija Kossila.

Last week, a team of scientists, which included Argonne’s David Streets, a senior energy and environmental policy scientist, published research showing that several different air pollutants from China reach the shores of the western United States.

Good health and personal registers in combination with model calculations of air pollution down to an individual address has helped Danish researchers to become among the very best in the world to detect harmful diseases deriving from polluted air.

Long-term exposure to particulate matter is associated with an increased risk for heart attack. Moreover, this association can already be observed in levels of particulate exposure below the current specified European limit values.

Helsingissä mitataan vilkasliikenteisten katujen ja sataman ilmanlaatua