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Environmental Audit Committee celebrates 25th anniversary at Imperial College
Posted on March 7, 2023Continue readingDr Stephanie Wright, Lecturer at the Medical Research Council Centre for Environment and Health, and and head of Microplastics group in the Environmental Research Group Imperial College, was one of a number of academics who pitched an enquiry into a ‘one health approach to microplastic solution’ at the 25th anniversary of the Environmental Audit Committee […]
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Pollutionwatch: London Ulez cuts traffic fumes but heating is concern – Dr Gary Fuller of the Environmental Research Group, Imperial College reports
Posted on March 3, 2023Continue readingDr Gary Fuller, Senior Lecturer in Air Quality Measurement at the Environmental Research Group, Imperial College, and Clean Air Champion, reports on how the Ultra Low Emission Zone could be working, but heating in buildings may be providing a barrier to reducing air pollution. Read more.
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Experts highlight environmental and health risks of current UK fire regulations – Expert Professor Frank Kelly calls for re-evaluation
Posted on March 1, 2023Continue readingProfessor Frank Kelly, Battcock Chair in Community Health and Policy and Director of the Environmental Research Group at Imperial College London, has called for a re-evaluation on the UKs use of fire retardants. Professor Kelly has contributed to a paper called ‘A New consensus reconciling fire safety with environmental & health impacts of chemical flame […]
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Senior Air Quality Analyst from the Environmental Research Group, Imperial College talks to the BBC on Wood burners: On smoke patrol in London
Posted on March 1, 2023Continue readingJohn Casey, Senior Air Quality Analyst who works in the Measurement team in the Environmental Research Group at Imperial College London, talks to the BBC about how they measure smoke from wood burners in residential streets, and how this harmful to our health. Read more about the story here.