Air pollution

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) shows decreased functional connectivity in the human brain after exposure to traffic pollution. (Courtesy UBC Faculty of Medicine)

Traffic pollution can impair brain function, say B.C. researchers

Groundbreaking UVic and UBC study finds even brief exposures have adverse effects on human brain

 

It's backyard burning season in the CVRD. (Citizen file)

LETTER – Wood burning may be free of charge, but it’s not free of consequences

Dear editor, Further to Jennifer Haines’s Nov. 16 letter about wood smoke:…

  • Nov 30, 2022

 

Courtenay council has adopted a nuisance bylaw amendment intended to better regulate excessive wood smoke. File photo

Nuisance bylaw intends to regulate wood smoke in Courtenay

Courtenay council has adopted a nuisance bylaw amendment intended to better regulate…

 

The PLUME van will help UBC researchers map different levels of air pollution and odours in Vancouver. (Credit: Paul Joseph/UBC Mechanical Engineering)

UBC team announces pollution-sniffing lab on wheels

Mobile lab will be used to measure concentrations of air pollutants across Vancouver

  • Aug 29, 2022
The PLUME van will help UBC researchers map different levels of air pollution and odours in Vancouver. (Credit: Paul Joseph/UBC Mechanical Engineering)
A Wood Smoke Reduction Strategy intends to guide local government action to reduce fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) generated through wood burning. File photo

Hearth industry unhappy with Comox Valley Airshed Roundtable process

Representatives from the hearth industry are disappointed with the process undertaken by…

A Wood Smoke Reduction Strategy intends to guide local government action to reduce fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) generated through wood burning. File photo
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