Animals that have cardiovascular or respiratory disease are at increased risk during
periods of poor air quality and should be watched closely.
«Wildland fire emissions worse in polluted areas: Study shows biomass grown in
areas of poor air quality releases more pollutants when burned than biomass grown in clean air.»
In light of the cross committee super inquiry, schools should expect more pressure from parents in the near future, as awareness around the
effects of poor air quality on their children's health grows, and the need for fast, effective solutions becomes all the more apparent and urgent.
As the world's population grows, cities swell and demand for mobility and other energy services surges, the already intolerable
costs of poor air quality risk increasing dramatically.
There is also ample scope for reforming tax systems to deal much more effectively with broader environmental and related problems that can be a significant drag on economic growth, such as the health and productivity
impacts of poor air quality, and severe congestion of major urban centers.
Because most heating systems burn fossil fuels, which creates pollution, all the energy saved by a solar water heating eliminates the pollution that would otherwise add to our
problems of poor air quality, poor health, smog and global climate change, a problem which requires immediate action.
Air pollution might conjure up images of smoky factories, but the air inside our homes can be up to five times more polluted than the air outside, and 81 % of are at risk of suffering a respiratory or skin condition
because of poor air quality in the home.
But it remains concerned about the rising numbers of private hire vehicles in London — noting that the number has increased from 59,000 in 2009/10 to more than 95,000 now, and adding: «This has contributed to wider challenges for London such as growing traffic congestion, illegal parking and
areas of poor air quality.»