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posted by martyb on Friday March 10 2017, @10:52AM   Printer-friendly
from the banned-in-Cannes dept.

The Guardian reports on a study conducted in Guildford, Surrey, England. Researchers

[...] placed detectors for particulate pollution in prams and made 64 journeys to and from schools in Guildford at drop-off and pick-up times. They found that air pollution spiked at road junctions and by bus stands, and that fine particle pollution was higher in the mornings, when the roads are busiest.

"Fine particles show larger health impacts compared to their larger counterparts and at the young age children are more susceptible to particulate pollution, suggesting a clear need for precautionary measures to limit their exposure during their transport along the busy roadsides," the researchers concluded.

Their work is published in Environmental Pollution (DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.02.021).

The Guardian links to a Telegraph article which says that

Of the 51 areas across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland included in the [World Health Organisation's global pollution] database, 40 exceeded the WHO's guideline limits for 'PM2.5', or fine particulate matter, while 10 exceeded the guideline levels for 'PM10', slightly larger particulate pollution.

London, Glasgow, Leeds, Eastbourne, Port Talbot and Scunthorpe were among the worst areas.


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  • (Score: 2) by TheRaven on Friday March 10 2017, @12:00PM (7 children)

    by TheRaven (270) on Friday March 10 2017, @12:00PM (#477316) Journal
    Next you'll be telling me that you use a different word for velocipede!
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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Friday March 10 2017, @12:56PM (6 children)

    by GreatAuntAnesthesia (3275) on Friday March 10 2017, @12:56PM (#477324) Journal

    I always thought it would be enjoyable to have some cutting edge high-tech company doing amazing engineering and releasing awesome products, but conducting all business in a Victorian aesthetic: Computers referred to as "analytical engines", carbon dioxide is "Carbonic Acid", people attending supplier meetings and trade fairs in huge top hats and muttonchop sideburns, hand-typed or hand-written[1] documents, TV adverts in grainy John Logi Baird-esque quality, high-tech digital tech gadgets finished in brass, leather and varnished wood... I'm sure it would be expensive and would annoy a hell of a lot of people, but it would be loads of fun.

    [1] or cleverly mass-produced in such a way that they convinclingly appear to be hand typed or written

    • (Score: 5, Touché) by mmcmonster on Friday March 10 2017, @01:13PM (1 child)

      by mmcmonster (401) on Friday March 10 2017, @01:13PM (#477330)

      I think you've just defined the Steam Punk phenomenon.

    • (Score: 5, Touché) by Taibhsear on Friday March 10 2017, @03:10PM (3 children)

      by Taibhsear (1464) on Friday March 10 2017, @03:10PM (#477363)

      Computers referred to as "analytical engines", carbon dioxide is "Carbonic Acid"...

      Just a quick note, carbon dioxide and carbonic acid are two distinct chemicals. /chemistrypedant