Sentences with phrase «particularly high levels of pollution»

But many people in rural areas are exposed to particularly high levels of pollution, both indoors and outdoors.

Not exact matches

The industrial country has high levels of PM2.5 (particulate matter at 2.5 micrometers), pollution caused by decades of heavy manufacturing and unfettered vehicle exhaust — particularly from motorbikes.

Co-author Dr Rachel McInnes, Senior Climate Impacts Scientist at the Met Office, added: «This finding that the effects of different types of vegetation — green space and gardens, and tree cover — differ at both very high and very low air pollution levels is particularly relevant for public health and urban planning policies.

Her work shows cyclists are particularly vulnerable to the risks posed by air pollution — higher levels of breast and prostate cancer being among them.