Archives: Air Pollution

Friday, October 6, 2017

Urban Greenness and Mortality

In a recent article, we investigated the potential links between green space and cause-specific mortality. We found that higher levels of urban greenness were associated with reduced risk of mortality for several causes of death. This study is one of the largest of its kind, and improves upon previous studies with a long mortality... More

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Jointly Estimate the Mortality Risk of Long-Term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter

A New Method to Jointly Estimate the Mortality Risk of Long-Term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter and its Components Nature.com - Scientific Reports Most studies on the association between exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and mortality have considered only total concentration of PM2.5 or individual components of PM2.5, and not the... More

Sunday, January 3, 2016

Multi-pollutant exposure and mortality

Ambient PM2.5, O3, and NO2 Exposures and Associations with Mortality over 16 Years of Follow-Up in the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC) Environmental Health Perspectives Background: Few studies examining the associations between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and mortality have considered multiple pollutants... More

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Urban smellscapes

Other, more ephemeral elements of the urban landscape are beginning to gain more attention. In this article, The Guardian overviews the work of an urban "smellscape" researcher, Kate McLean. It may seem self evident the cities such as Amsterdam (or Vancouver), we can also imagine the smells of other cities and places. Some of... More

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