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March 16th, 2012:

Driving home the point

SCMP – Laisee

The Environmental Protection Department may like to take a close look at three cheery studies on pollution published recently.

One study that followed 20,000 women over a decade found that breathing in levels of polluted air greatly accelerates declines in measures of memory and attention span, The New York Times reports. Another study in Boston found that on days when the concentrations of roadside pollution rose to moderate levels, according to the federal air quality index, the risk of stroke increased by 30 per cent. US air pollution indexes are much tighter than the Hong Kong government’s air pollution index. Another report in The Journal of the American Medical Association by scientists at the University of Paris Descartes in France highlighted the link between short-term exposure to air pollution and cardiovascular disease. Pollutants in roadside emissions such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and others were found to raise a person’s immediate risk of heart attack.

Govt urged to tackle air pollution

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Govt urged to tackle air pollution
16-03-2012

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Tony Flores reports
The government has been urged to take prompt action to improve Hong Kong’s air quality. The call was made by Professor Alexis Lau from the University of Science and Technology. He said the territory was lagging behind the mainland in tackling air pollution.

British Airways, climate change and a load of rubbish

Download PDF : The Guardian March 16 2012