If you’re thinking of buying a home at Don Mills and Sheppard or in Riverdale, you might want to take heed. Research carried out at the University of Toronto shows that these neighbourhoods, despite being among the most desirable, are also among the most polluted in the city.
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Air quality map shows Toronto’s most polluted neighbourhoods
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WHO Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database (update 2016)
According to the latest urban air quality database, 98% of cities in low- and middle income countries with more than 100 000 inhabitants do not meet WHO air quality guidelines. However, in high-income countries, that percentage decreases to 56%.
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Clearing the air: How commuting in Toronto is putting us at risk
TORONTO – The residents of Etobicoke learned this week that the levels of pollution — contaminants associated with an increased risk for heart and lung diseases — in their community were at “levels of concern.”
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Air Pollution in Toronto
According to the Air Quality Health Index (AQHI), a project measuring the health risk arising from air pollution in the area, air pollutants in Toronto largely contribute to about 1,700 premature deaths and 6,000 hospital admissions each year.
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7 million premature deaths annually linked to air pollution
25 MARCH 2014 | GENEVA - In new estimates released today, WHO reports that in 2012 around 7 million people died - one in eight of total global deaths – as a result of air pollution exposure. This finding more than doubles previous estimates and confirms that air pollution is now the world’s...
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Health effects of particulate matter Policy implications for countries in eastern Europe, Caucasus and central Asia
In most countries in the region covered by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), ambient air quality has improved considerably in the last few decades. This has been achieved by a range of measures to reduce harmful air emissions, including those stipulated by the various...
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Air Pollution in Mexico City
Mexico City's air has gone from among the world's cleanest to among the dirtiest in the span of a generation. Novelist Carlos Fuentes first novel took place here in 1959 and was entitled "Where the air is clear" - a title he has said is ironic considering the city's now soupy environment.
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Outdoor Particulate Matter Exposure and Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Background: Particulate matter (PM) in outdoor air pollution was recently designated a Group I carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). This determination was based on the evidence regarding the relationship of PM2.5 and PM10 to lung cancer risk...
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WHO – Ambient (outdoor) air quality and health
Air pollution is a major environmental risk to health. By reducing air pollution levels, countries can reduce the burden of disease from stroke, heart disease, lung cancer, and both chronic and acute respiratory diseases, including asthma.
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