Technology news round-up (09/10/2017)
Includes: Nursery installs clean air system; Kickstarter campaign launched for Baby Brizi, and; Tantalum gets cash injection.
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Sadiq Khan targets emissions from construction and wood stoves
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has called for additional powers to tackle air pollution from sources including construction machinery…
The ‘ins and outs’ of air quality monitoring
VIEWPOINT: In December 2016, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) issued draft guidance on ‘Air pollution –…
Tech start-ups partner to provide air pollution data
Tech company Drayson Technologies and public transit app Moovit have partnered for a pilot programme to enable people in major…
High Court discussions continue over air quality
Discussions over the impact of the High Court ruling on 2 November that the government’s air quality plan fails to…
Unicef calls for action on air pollution
Air pollution is a “major contributing factor” in the deaths of around 600,000 children under five every year, a Unicef…
Home improvements ‘exacerbating’ indoor air pollution
Efforts to improve energy efficiency in UK homes are giving rise to new problems associated with indoor air pollution, a…
