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The IAQM are pleased to announce the publication a special edition of the environmental SCIENTIST journal, focusing on air quality. Though experts have been aware of the issue for many years, it is only in recent years that the majority of the media and public have become aware of the severity of the air quality crisis ...

If you are fairly new to air quality, and by that, I mean with less than four or five years’ experience, this column is for you. We have started an Early Careers Group to help our Associates and less experienced Members develop their skills, and to meet others in the same position. The idea is that ...

In February, the IAQM committee wrote to Defra, to respond to the department's consultation on reducing emissions from Medium Combustion Plants and Generators to improve air quality. Amongst other points, the committee welcomed the proposal to transpose and implement the Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD). The committee shares Defra's view that, given the large number of such ...

As part of a collaboration between The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Public Health England (PHE), the UK Health Forum and Imperial College London are working on a research project to test the long-term epidemiological impacts of air pollution in England, at both local and national levels. This project aims to model different ...

In January the IAQM committee submitted a response to the Department of Communities and Local Government's Consultation on the implementation of European Directive 2014/52/EU (Environmental Impact Assessment). The IAQM submission focused on the matter of 'competent experts' as defined by Article 5(3). Download the full submission (pdf).