Public Health/Environmental Official

Nearly 50,000 London school children exposed to dangerous pollution from roads
Mar 09, 2021

With primary school children returning to London classrooms this week, campaigners are warning that thousands of children are exposed to dangerous levels of air pollution because their schools are located ...

by Catherine Ittner

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BBC News: Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah: Air pollution a factor in girl’s death, inquest finds
Dec 16, 2020

A nine-year-old girl who died following an asthma attack has become the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as a cause of death. Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, who ...

by Sam Lovell

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Air Pollution as Cause of Young Girl’s Death Underscores Need for Urgent Action
Dec 16, 2020

(LONDON–December 16, 2020) An inquest into the cause of 9-year old Ella Roberta Adoo Kissi-Debrah’s death concluded today, with the ruling that dangerously high levels of air pollution in London ...

by Sam Lovell

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About EDF’s Global Clean Air Initiative

The problem: Around the world, nine out of ten people breathe unhealthy air. Air pollution is now the biggest environmental risk for early death, responsible for as many an estimated ...

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Oakland, California

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Breathe London pilot project

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Houston, Texas

Houston, the energy capital of the United States, is a sprawling metro area where industrial facilities mix with residential neighborhoods. The city’s longstanding, hands-off approach to zoning means some industrial ...

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Cangzhou, China

Data-Driven Accurate Air Quality Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement The Cangzhou Clean Air Pilot Project in China reveals how innovative air quality monitoring (using a fleet of 50 taxis) could pinpoint ...

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Reducing Pollution Through Better Data

Cities and local governments are at the forefront of cutting air pollution, using new policy levers to limit dirty vehicle traffic and improve zoning rules to address environmental injustice. Local ...

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