August 3rd, 2017 Traffic-related air pollution in cities can hinder the brain development of children, according to a Spanish study of over 2,500 school children. The study, which is part of the EU-funded BREATHE project, found that higher concentrations of traffic-related airborne pollutants reaching classrooms negatively impacted children’s performance. Of Read more…
August 3rd, 2017 Future climate change is expected to cause about 60,000 additional deaths from air pollution in the year 2030 and 260,000 deaths in 2100, new research has found. The study, published in Nature Climate Change is one of the most comprehensive of its kind to date, using data from several Read more…
July 21st, 2017 Humans have produced 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic in just shy of seven decades and most of it has been dumped into the environment. That’s according to a new study published in the journal Science Advances and conducted by a team of US scientists from UC Santa Read more…
July 14th, 2017 The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) – responsible for implementing chemical legislation in the EU – has officially recognised the endocrine-disrupting properties of bisphenol A, also known as BPA. The update was made to the ECHA Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC), which contains substances Read more…
July 12th, 2017 Ireland’s environmental watchdog has warned five industrial sites already under its radar for serious breaches of the environmental law to clean up their act or face further sanctions. The five sites are Arrow Group Limited, Co Kildare; Rosderra Irish Meats Group, Co Offaly; T & J Standish Read more…
3rd July 2017 Ireland is among 11 EU states to breach air pollution ceilings under new EU Directive due to agricultural and transport emissions, a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report reveals. The information is the first set of data to be submitted by Member States under the new EU Read more…
