A new study has found strong genetic evidence that air pollution may contribute to the development of lung cancer in people who have never smoked or smoked only minimally.

New research from the University of York has managed to quantify the benefits to roadside air quality in the UK if all diesel cars had their exhausts positioned on the offside (right) of the vehicle.

Air pollution is known to harm heart health, but researchers are now uncovering how it may directly damage the heart’s structure. A new study has found that long-term exposure to PM2.5 is linked to increased heart tissue scarring, known as myocardial fibrosis, even in people without diagnosed heart disease.

The Healthy Air Coalition has published a new policy report titled: ‘Making Britain’s air cleaner, healthier and better to breathe: .’

A fleet of air quality monitoring vehicles took to the streets of California yesterday, marking the start of a year long pilot to collect hyper-local air quality data across 64 communities heavily burdened by pollution.

Dieselgate, air quality on Mars, solving the school run and making a documentary on air pollution in Pittsburgh. Read about all this and more in the latest Air Quality News Magazine.