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Study finds economic losses due to health burdens caused by in-car PM2.5 exposure inversely proportional to per capita GDP

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For the study, published in the journal Environment International , the team monitored pollution hotspots in 10 global cities: Dhaka (Bangladesh); São Paulo (Brazil); Guangzhou (China); Medellín (Colombia); Cairo (Egypt); Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); Chennai (India); Sulaymaniyah (Iraq); Blantyre (Malawi); and Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania).?.

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Drivers from the world’s poorest cities who keep their windows down are exposed to 80% more air pollution

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The study was part of the Clean Air Engineering for Cities (CArE-Cities) project. Science of the Total Environment , 141395 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141395. —Professor Prashant Kumar, Director of GCARE at the University of Surrey. Morawska, L., Muula, A.S., Ngowi, A.V., 2020.141395.

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U.K. Startup’s Digital Dyeing Printers Save Energy, Water

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About a decade ago, during a business trip to China, British engineer Alan Hudd had a shock. So, the engineer was well- placed to pick up the challenge without a moment’s hesitation: He spent a decade developing an inkjet solution specifically for textiles and even created a new dedicated start-up.

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