Air Pollution

  • Barcelona’s Low Emission Zone reduces NO₂ levels
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    Barcelona’s Low Emission Zone reduces NO₂ levels

    A study estimates a decrease of almost 16% in NO₂ levels between 2020 and 2022, while its effect was smaller in reducing PM10 and PM2.5 particles, which are less directly linked to traffic emissions.

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  • A study analyses which lung cancer subtypes are associated with different air pollutants
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    A study analyses which lung cancer subtypes are associated with different air pollutants

    A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by “la Caixa" Foundation, in collaboration with the American Cancer Society (ACS), analysed the relationship between different air pollutants and the main ...

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  • Forecaster.Health Now Issues Health Alerts of Air Pollution for Vulnerable Populations
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    Forecaster.Health Now Issues Health Alerts of Air Pollution for Vulnerable Populations

    The Forecaster.health early warning system now includes a new feature: the ability to anticipate mortality associated with air pollution in Europe, using epidemiological models to adjust forecasts for different regions and population groups by sex ...

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