The graph illustrates the pollution levels in London from 1600 to 2000. It measures the smoke and sulphur dioxide in micrograms per cubic metre. Overall, levels of the two pollutants share a similar pattern through the given period, while sulphur dioxide has a higher level of pollution than ...
Objective—To investigate whether outdoor air pollution levels in London influence daily mortality. Design—Poisson regression analysis of daily counts of deaths, with adjustment for effects of secular trend, seasonal and other cyclical factors, day of the week, holidays, influenza epidemic, temperature...
We have taken an alternate approach to separate the influences of temperature, season, and ambient pollutant levels on daily mortality in Greater London between 1965 and 1972. In each season, the majority of days fell within one or two temperature ranges, within which the daily death rates also...
LONDON -- Activists from environmental group Greenpeace climbed several London monuments Monday morning in a protest against what they say are dangerous levels of air pollution. Four people were arrested after they scaled Nelson's Column, a 52-meter monument in Trafalgar Square. ...
The UK’s capital, London, has taken numerous actions to improve London air quality, most recently under the guidance of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, who took office in 2016. A self-professed asthmatic, Khan has promoted numerous policies within the city to tackle air pollution levels. London...
(353 million cubic feet) of clean air per day since it was launched a few months ago. In the 10-square-kilometer (3.86-square-mile) observed area of the city, smog ratings have been reduced to moderate levels even on severely polluted days, an improvement over the city’s previous ...
LONDON, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- People exposed to air pollution levels even within Britain's guidelines were found to have changes in the structure of the heart, similar to those seen in the early stages of heart failure, according to a new study released by the Queen Mary University of Lond...
LONDON, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Science tests offered surprise results: air inside London classrooms is more polluted than outside, meaning that children in schools are being exposed to higher levels of damaging air pollution inside the classroom than outside. ...
Transport for London (TfL) and Mayor Ken Livingstone introduced the charge by promising air quality improvements and a reduction in traffic jams. Neither has materialized. "Congestion Charging has led to reduced traffic levels and pollution, shorter journey times and better air quality," the TfL we...
Members should note that the levels of pollution fines to be imposed on vessels for causing pollution in Turkish waters through discharge of petroleum products, dirty ballast, garbage and sewage into the sea have been updated for 2021. The new rates are in some cases 50% higher than previous...