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• New study calls for action on air pollution in Northern India

  Date: 09/10/2020 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/north-india-air-pollution

  New research led by the University of Leicester calls for urgent action on open field burning to reduce the intensity of post-monsoon air...

• Measuring the success of air quality interventions

  Date: 28/09/2020 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/air-quality-interventions

  A new paper examining the historic success of interventions to improve air quality and the resulting impact on better health and environmental...

• Film shows ‘breathtaking’ emissions reductions during lockdown

  Date: 06/04/2020 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/07-air-quality-plots

  Timelapse satellite imagery from the University of Leicester reveals startling reductions in air pollution.

• Impact of coronavirus pandemic is the “largest scale experiment ever” into global air quality

  Date: 24/03/2020 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/march/24-largest-experiment

  The coronavirus pandemic is the “largest scale experiment ever” into global air quality, according to Professor Paul Monks, Professor of...

• Funding for new research centre to investigate effect of environmental exposures on health

  Date: 27/01/2020 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/27-nihr-funding

  The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has granted a £1 million development award to the University of Leicester to create a new...

• One in four of London’s green spaces breaches air quality safety limits

  Date: 09/10/2019 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/10-london-no2-levels

  More than one quarter of London’s parks, playground, and open spaces exceed international safety limits for air quality, potentially putting...

• Air pollution speeds up ageing of the lungs and increases chronic lung disease risk

  Date: 08/07/2019 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/09-air-pollution-lung-function-copd

  A study of more than 300,000 people has found that exposure to outdoor air pollution is linked to decreased lung function and an increased risk of...

• Air Quality spinout company shortlisted for Guardian University Award

  Date: 31/03/2019 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/01-air-quality-spinout-company-shortlisted-for-guardian-university-award

  University partnership nominated in Business Collaboration category.

• PhD student wins prestigious photography competition

  Date: 22/02/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/22-louise-corscadden-infectious-diseases-hub

  University of Leicester student Louise Corscadden wins prestigious photography prize.