2017 Environment Exhaust Pollution 
Green Car Congress
MAY 23, 2017
Researchers at Imperial College London, working with colleagues from King’s College London and University of British Columbia, have demonstrated a mechanism by which diesel exhaust particles directly affect the lungs to initiate symptoms such as a tightening of the airways and cough.
Green Car Congress
MAY 27, 2020
Created to address California’s pollution challenges, this technology could be a solution for communities around the globe dealing with the effects of NO x. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, nitrogen oxides are harmful to human health and the environment.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 21, 2017
Pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and premature death in the world today, according to the newly released report detailing the adverse effects of pollution on global health by the The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health. Pollution is costly. The open-access report is published in The Lancet.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 6, 2017
Exposure to air pollution on city streets is enough to counter the beneficial health effects of exercise in adults over 60, according to new research led by Imperial College London and Duke University. Our research suggests that we might advise older adults to walk in green spaces, away from built-up areas and pollution from traffic.
Green Car Congress
JULY 23, 2017
A new study, part of the Atlanta Commuter Exposures (ACE) Study, has assessed on-roadway in-cabin particulate pollution (PM 2.5 ) collected from scripted rush hour commutes on highways and on non-highway side streets. Most traffic pollution sensors are placed on the ground alongside the road and take continuous samples for a 24-hour period.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Battery electric cars emit less greenhouse gases and air pollutants over their entire life cycle than petrol and diesel cars, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report. For local air quality, electric vehicles also offer clear benefits, mainly due to zero exhaust emissions at street level.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 9, 2017
A paper on the study is published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. However, both measurements also act as proxies for the complex mixture of gases in diesel exhaust, which is an established carcinogen and associated with respiratory, cardiovascular and reproductive health effects. Cheol-Heon Jeong, Alison Traub, Greg J.
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