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  1. Today is #CleanAirDay!

    #Outdoor #AirPollution is a #risk factor for human #health, with 4.32-4.92 million attributable deaths in 2021/23 (#WHO, HEI/IHME_UW, #GBDstudy).

    #UN target #SDG 3.9 says: “By 2030, substantially #reduce the #number of #deaths … from … air … pollution”. However, this number #increased from 4.22 million in 2015 to 4.32 million in 2021, according to WHO. The world is #backsliding on the target.

    #GlobalHealth #GlobalGoals #SDGs #SDG3 #2030Agenda #ambient #air #pollution

  2. South-East Asia chokes on smog from Indonesia's wildfires
    By Tim Swanston, Raffa Athallah, and Erwin Renaldi

    For three exhausting months, Andri Susanto and his crew have been fighting raging fires on the island of Borneo — and blazes are taking a toll across the region.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/ind

    #Wildfires #AirPollution #EnvironmentalImpacts #TimSwanston #RaffaAthallah #ErwinRenaldi

  3. South-East Asia chokes on smog from Indonesia's wildfires
    By Tim Swanston, Raffa Athallah, and Erwin Renaldi

    For three exhausting months, Andri Susanto and his crew have been fighting raging fires on the island of Borneo — and blazes are taking a toll across the region.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/ind

    #Wildfires #AirPollution #EnvironmentalImpacts #TimSwanston #RaffaAthallah #ErwinRenaldi

  4. South-East Asia chokes on smog from Indonesia's wildfires
    By Tim Swanston, Raffa Athallah, and Erwin Renaldi

    For three exhausting months, Andri Susanto and his crew have been fighting raging fires on the island of Borneo — and blazes are taking a toll across the region.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/ind

    #Wildfires #AirPollution #EnvironmentalImpacts #TimSwanston #RaffaAthallah #ErwinRenaldi

  5. South-East Asia chokes on smog from Indonesia's wildfires
    By Tim Swanston, Raffa Athallah, and Erwin Renaldi

    For three exhausting months, Andri Susanto and his crew have been fighting raging fires on the island of Borneo — and blazes are taking a toll across the region.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/ind

    #Wildfires #AirPollution #EnvironmentalImpacts #TimSwanston #RaffaAthallah #ErwinRenaldi

  6. South-East Asia chokes on smog from Indonesia's wildfires
    By Tim Swanston, Raffa Athallah, and Erwin Renaldi

    For three exhausting months, Andri Susanto and his crew have been fighting raging fires on the island of Borneo — and blazes are taking a toll across the region.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/ind

    #Wildfires #AirPollution #EnvironmentalImpacts #TimSwanston #RaffaAthallah #ErwinRenaldi

  7. How haze from Indonesian fires impacts Southeast Asia

    Jakarta – Thick smog has blanketed parts of Indonesia as the vast archipelago has spent weeks battling to…
    #EuropeSays #Japan #JP #AirPollution #climatechange #ENVIRONMENT #Indonesia #Nihon #smog #SoutheastAsia #wildfires
    europesays.com/japan/86903/

  8. Volcanic ash cloud halts flights at Indonesia’s main international airport
    By Guardian staff and agencies

    More than 22,000 passengers and 209 flights affected, especially those bound to and from Singapore, after eruption of Anak Krakatoa

    theguardian.com/world/2026/sep

    #Airtransport #Indonesia #Singapore #Airpollution #AsiaPacific #Volcanoes #Environment #Worldnews #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff #agencies

  9. Volcanic ash cloud halts flights at Indonesia’s main international airport
    By Guardian staff and agencies

    More than 22,000 passengers and 209 flights affected, especially those bound to and from Singapore, after eruption of Anak Krakatoa

    theguardian.com/world/2026/sep

    #Airtransport #Indonesia #Singapore #Airpollution #AsiaPacific #Volcanoes #Environment #Worldnews #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff #agencies

  10. Volcanic ash cloud halts flights at Indonesia’s main international airport
    By Guardian staff and agencies

    More than 22,000 passengers and 209 flights affected, especially those bound to and from Singapore, after eruption of Anak Krakatoa

    theguardian.com/world/2026/sep

    #Airtransport #Indonesia #Singapore #Airpollution #AsiaPacific #Volcanoes #Environment #Worldnews #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff #agencies

  11. Volcanic ash cloud halts flights at Indonesia’s main international airport
    By Guardian staff and agencies

    More than 22,000 passengers and 209 flights affected, especially those bound to and from Singapore, after eruption of Anak Krakatoa

    theguardian.com/world/2026/sep

    #Airtransport #Indonesia #Singapore #Airpollution #AsiaPacific #Volcanoes #Environment #Worldnews #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff #agencies

  12. Volcanic ash cloud halts flights at Indonesia’s main international airport
    By Guardian staff and agencies

    More than 22,000 passengers and 209 flights affected, especially those bound to and from Singapore, after eruption of Anak Krakatoa

    theguardian.com/world/2026/sep

    #Airtransport #Indonesia #Singapore #Airpollution #AsiaPacific #Volcanoes #Environment #Worldnews #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff #agencies

  13. The #EPA proposal would eliminate a federal requirement that #states notify the #public & seek comment before issuing #AirPollution permits for #DataCenters & other #industrial facilities. States could still offer opportunities for public comment, but the EPA would no longer mandate them as a condition for states to grant permits.

    #Trump #law #transparency #regulation #electricity #energy #affordability #CostOfLiving #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #tech #AI #Vote

  14. 27-Aug-2026
    Scented #cleaning products create invisible #airPollution
    Surface cleaners remove germs and grime, but their fragrances react with indoor ozone to form #nanoparticles at levels rivaling that of city traffic

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

    #science #environment #pollution #household

  15. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) activity and flares were recorded for 1,070 patients over 12,583 outpatient visits during 2021-2024, and evaluated with respect to six air pollutants. Worse RA outcomes were most strongly associated with higher and more prolonged exposure to PM2.5 aerosol particles.

    Summary: sciencedaily.com/releases/2026

    Original paper: ard.eular.org/article/S0003-49

    #Science #Health #Arthritis #RheumatoidArthritis #PM25 #AirPollution #Pollution

  16. Fertiliser company fined after hundreds of complaints about manure stench
    By Eugene Boisvert

    An Adelaide Hills business that piled chicken manure, coffee grounds and other waste up to twice the allowed height has been fined by a South Australian court after more than 700 complaints about the smell.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-15/neu

    #EnvironmentalHealth #Courts #EnvironmentalImpacts #AirPollution #Fertilisers #EugeneBoisvert

  17. Carbelim Algae Trees, also known as Liquid Trees, use microalgae photobioreactor technology for carbon capture, air purification, oxygen generation, and IoT-based air quality monitoring.

    #Carbelim #AlgaeTree #LiquidTree #Microalgae #Photobioreactor #CarbonCapture #AirPollution #ClimateTech #Sustainability #ESG #SmartCity #CleanAir #GreenEngineering #India

  18. A retrospective case-control study of smog exposure of more than two million people finds that 10-year-mean exposures to airborne particulates (PM_2.5) and nitrogen dioxide--components of smog--are associated with an increased incidence of Lewy body dementia and Parkinson's-related dementia.

    Summary: medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05

    Original paper: jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman

    #Science #Health #Pollution #AirPollution #Smog #Dementia #LewyBodyDementia

  19. #Feinstaub, #Passau, Fußgängerzone, 2025-07-04, 12:15h (MESZ / CEDT / UTC+2):
    (48°34′28″N 13°27′53″E)

    PM2.5 : 42,8 μg/m^3
    PM10: 91.6 μg/m^3

    (LVL1 Moderate) i.e. not very good

    Gemessen mit: HoldPeak HP-5800D (no bot; posted, if really bad air)

    Skala zur Bewertung „PM2.5 Air Pollution Level“ (Auszug):
    LVL1 Good 0-35 μg/m^3
    LVL2 Moderate 36-75 μg/m^3
    LVL3 Unhealthy- 76-115 μg/m^3

    #energy
    #particulates
    #particulatematter
    #airpollution
    #luftqualität
    #luftverschmutzung
    #weather