2 h. ago Dyson purifier hot + cool formaldehyde: The £700 air purifier that tackles heatwaves and hay fever

Heat, pollutants and bacteria circulate the air we breathe – Dyson’s clever device aims to combat them

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8 h. ago Pioneering Camden clean air charter backed by seven major employers

Signatories pledge to making 12 tangible steps towards reducing air pollution emissions

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8 h. ago Which cities across the world have the worst air pollution and how does London compare?

In 2024, only 17% of cities met the World Health Organisation’s air pollution guideline

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8 h. ago Warning over UK’s ‘toxic air’ which will be linked to 30,000 deaths this year

Air pollution is a ‘public health crisis’ costing taxpayers up to £50bn a year, warns Royal College of Physicians

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9 h. ago Tories say they would support UK joining fight against Iran if Starmer deems it necessary – UK politics live

Iran must not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons, shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel said.Campaigners from trade unions, voluntary organisations and the Church of Scotland have announced plans for an anti-poverty march to “demand better” from politicians in Scotland, reports the PA news agency.The campaign, Scotland Demands Better, will culminate in a march in Edinburgh on 25 October, walking from the Scottish parliament, up the Royal Mile and along George IV Bridge to The Meadows.Change for the better happens when people stand together and demand it. Scotland desperately needs that change.Too many of us are being cut off from life’s essentials. Too many are frightened of what the future will bring. Too many of us are feeling tired, angry, isolated, and disillusioned.Air pollution remains the most important environmental threat to health, with impacts throughout the life course.It is an area of health where the UK has made substantial progress in the last three decades, with con...

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15 h. ago UK air pollution killing more than 500 people a week, doctors say

Royal College of Physicians also says poor air quality costs country more than £500m a weekAir pollution in the UK is costing more than £500m a week in ill health, NHS care and productivity losses, with 99% of the population breathing in “toxic air”, doctors have said.Dirty air is killing more than 500 people a week, with health harm to almost every organ of the body caused by air pollution, even at low concentrations, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) said. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Toxic air will claim 30,000 lives this year, doctors warn as impact of dirty fumes on health laid bare

Exposure to air pollution can shorten people’s lives by 1.8 years - ‘just behind some of the leading causes of death and disease worldwide’, the authors warn

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21 h. ago Air pollution will be linked to 30,000 deaths in UK in 2025, leading doctors warn

Air pollution is a ‘public health crisis’ costing taxpayers up to £50bn a year, warns Royal College of Physicians

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45 h. ago MPs to reintroduce bill in name of girl, 9, who died in pollution

Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah became the first person to have air pollution listed as a cause of death following a landmark inquest in 2020.

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7 d. ago EPA says power plant carbon emissions aren't dangerous. We asked 30 scientists: Here's what they say

The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday proposed a new ruling that heat-trapping carbon gas “emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants do not contribute significantly to dangerous air pollution

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8 d. ago Trump’s EPA announces major rollbacks to power plant pollution limits

More than 200 health experts say regulatory proposals will lead to biggest increase in pollution in decadesUS power plants will be allowed to pollute nearby communities and the wider world with more unhealthy air toxins and an unlimited amount of planet-heating gases under new regulatory rollbacks proposed by Donald Trump’s administration, experts warned.The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled a plan on Wednesday that would repeal a landmark climate rule that aims to mostly eliminate greenhouse gases from power plants by the 2030s and would, separately, weaken another regulation that restricts power plants’ release of hazardous air pollutants such as mercury. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Terror of living on 'Britain's most dangerous road': Residents say they are fed up of 'Mad Max' street where there are crashes every week

Locals on the residential road in southeast London compared their street to being like a scene from 'Mad Max' - the movie franchise famous for their high-speed chases.

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2 w. ago Dr. Mathew Knowles on London’s ‘better grasp on music’ compared to the US!

Dr. Mathew Knowles on London’s ‘better grasp on music’ compared to the US!  Capital XTRA

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2 w. ago My company transferred me from Chicago to London. Here's how my lifestyle and the work culture compare.

My company transferred me from Chicago to London. Here's how my lifestyle and the work culture compare.  Business Insider

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3 w. ago Dieselgate pollution killed 16,000 people in UK, study estimates

Experts decry lack of UK government action and warn a further 6,000 early deaths could occurThe excess pollution emitted as a result of the Dieselgate scandal has killed about 16,000 people in the UK and caused 30,000 cases of asthma in children, according to a new analysis. A further 6,000 premature deaths will occur in coming years without action, the researchers said.The Dieselgate scandal erupted in 2015 when diesel cars were found to be emitting far more toxic air pollution on the roads than when they passed regulatory tests, due to the use of illegal “defeat devices”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Villagers living next to upmarket New Forest campsite claim they are being forced to sell their homes over 'excessive smoke' from trendy fire pits

Villagers in Frogham say Harry's Field in Hampshire's New Forest, which opened in 2015, is a fire hazard and 'intrusive' air pollution has even worsened their asthma.

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3 w. ago Smoked out! Villagers living next to a posh campsite claim they are being forced to sell their homes over 'excessive smoke' from trendy fire pits

Villagers in Frogham say Harry's Field in Hampshire's New Forest, which opened in 2015, is a fire hazard and 'intrusive' air pollution has even worsened their asthma.

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3 w. ago More interstate dust storms expected if South Australia drought continues, expert warns

Haze hits Sydney suburbs on Tuesday morning after crossing NSW from SA and VictoriaAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastParts of Sydney faced “extremely poor” air quality warnings on Tuesday morning as a dust storm swept eastwards from inland Australia.Sydney’s north-west and central west including Parramatta had the heaviest air pollution, with very poor air quality also observed across Sydney stretching as far south as Goulburn and as far north as Muswellbrook, according to official pollution monitoring stations. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Sydney dust storm: some residents advised to stay inside due to ‘extremely poor’ air quality

Haze hits Sydney suburbs after crossing NSW from South Australia and VictoriaAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastParts of Sydney faced “extremely poor” air quality warnings on Tuesday morning as a dust storm swept in from the east.Sydney’s north-west and central west including Parramatta had the heaviest air pollution, with very poor air quality also observed across Sydney stretching as far south as Goulburn and as far north as Muswellbrook, according to official pollution monitoring stations. Continue reading...

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