Updates
Broadening our scope to cover indoor air quality
Over the last few years, the IAQM has received an increasing number of membership applications and general enquiries which explicitly reference indoor air quality. Whilst we have facilitated relevant discussions at our events, currently, the IAQM acts only as the authoritative voice of ambient air with its remit not yet encompassing indoor air quality.No representative ...
IAQM membership reaches new heights
We are pleased to announce that in June the IAQM's membership has surpassed 500 members. Almost two years ago to the day we passed the 400-member-marker and the continued growth seen over the last two years has been outstanding. When founded in 2002, the IAQM estimated that there may only be around 400 professionals working ...
Ambient Pollution Removal Techniques position statement open for comments
The IAQM considers the reduction of emissions at source or the reduction in exposure to pollution to always be preferable to the use of any technique that purports to remove pollutants from the air by active or passive means. Before an investment is made in any solution of this kind, a thorough appraisal of the ...
World Environment Day Reflections on Air Quality – A View from our Chair
IAQM Chair, Claire Holman FIAQM, shares her reflections on key challenges within the air quality sector. There is currently unprecedented interest in air quality across the world, as evidence of its adverse effects deepens. Yet the car industry and its suppliers remain blinkered. Twice in recent months, I have talked to two industry employees. One I ...
Consultation opens on Guide to the Assessment of AQ Impacts on Designated Nature Conservation Sites
The IAQM is consulting members on its new Guide to the assessment of air quality impacts on designated nature conservation sites (pdf). The document has been produced to assist members in the assessment of the air quality impacts of development on designated nature conservation sites. It may also be useful for ecologists, who use the ...
New COMEAP publication
The Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP) has published a report on The Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution on Cardiovascular Morbidity: Mechanistic Evidence (COMEAP, 2018). This report updates COMEAP’s earlier review of the evidence of possible mechanisms of cardiovascular effects for air pollutants (COMEAP, 2006).