Tweet Today is the 19th International Noise Awareness Day, the European Environmental Agency just released the “Good practice guide on quiet areas. Noise pollution is a growing problem for Europe’s environment. Transport and industry are the main sources of concern and long term exposure can damage human health and adversely affect ecosystems. European legislation […]
Tweet A recent study[1] conducted by University of Minnesota (USA) offers an interesting overview on the relationship between exposure to air pollution and social inequalities. Researchers from department of civil engineering calculated the difference of ethnic groups’ exposure to Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) in United States. The results clearly show a dependence between ethnic group belonging […]
Tweet From 2nd to 4th of April 2014, South East UK have been affected by a serious air pollution episode that rised a public debate on the socio-economic impacts of this environmental risk. This episode gained high visibility on the mainstream media also because of the combination of phisical and visible elements and changes in […]
Tweet The Sefira Project staff has now published the first Integrated Multidisciplinary Report and Policy Brief. The main topic is a review of the recent Clean Air Package released by the European Commission on 18 December 2013 that will serve as roadmap for Air Quality Policy review of the European Community. During this first period […]
Tweet The WHO database contains results of urban outdoor air pollution monitoring from almost 1100 cities in 91 countries. Air quality is represented by annual mean concentration of fine particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5, i.e. particles smaller than 10 or 2.5 microns). That database is very useful to understand differences and similarities in air pollution […]