Pollution

Preterm birth associated with maternal fine particulate matter exposure: A global, regional and national assessment

Journal article / This article presents the first global assessment of the association between preterm births and exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution.

15 February 2017 / About Household energy and Pollution

Study links outdoor air pollution with 2.7 million preterm births per year

Feature / Results suggest that addressing major sources of fine particulate matter from diesel vehicles, to agricultural waste-burning, could save babies’ lives.

15 February 2017 / About Cities, Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Wellbeing

Metals from mining and metallurgical industries and their toxicological impacts on plants

Other publication

9 January 2017 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture and Pollution

Responses of human health and vegetation exposure metrics to changes in ozone concentration distributions in the European Union, United States, and China

Journal article

3 January 2017 / About Pollution

The AIR Network

Project / The AIR (Action for Interdisciplinary Air Pollution Research) Network uses a transdisciplinary method to address air pollution in informal settlements in Kenya.

2017 - 2018 / About Cities, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Towards healthy communities

Project / Towards healthy communities: Citizen science for improved air quality in Nairobi and Addis Ababa is a project addressing health problems from air pollution.

2017 / About Cities, Household energy, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

The health and wellbeing benefits of greenspaces

Project / This project brought together researchers to understand if more specific ‘greenspace dose’ recommendations can be made to improve health and wellbeing.

2017 - 2018 / About Cities, Land use, Pollution and Wellbeing