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Millions of people die prematurely every year from diseases and cancer caused by air pollution. The first line of defence against this carnage is ambient air quality standards. Yet, according to researchers from ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University, over half of the world’s population lives without the protection of adequate air quality standards.

Classified as: air pollution, PM2.5, global, air quality standards, Sustainability, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Yevgen Nazarenko, Devendra Pal, Parisa A Ariya
Published on: 11 Mar 2021

With spring finally here and warmer temperatures just around the corner, snow will slowly melt away, releasing us from the clutches of winter. However, that’s not the only thing that the melting snow will release. Researchers from ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University and École de technologie supérieure in Montreal have found that urban snow accumulates a toxic cocktail from car emissions - pollutants that are in turn unleashed into the environment as the weather warms up.

Classified as: pollution, snow, department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, Department of Chemistry, Exhaust, Carcinogen, Yevgen Nazarenko, Parisa Ariya, École de technologie supérieure
Published on: 4 Apr 2017
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