October 2021
Routes to Clean Air 2021
12th October 2021 Hotel Mercure Bristol Holland House, Bristol UKThe Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM) presents Routes to Clean Air 2021, its annual conference on topics relevant to air quality practitioners and associated professionals. This year’s conference will include speakers on indoor air quality, new ecological and human health assessment levels, and progress with the introduction of Clean Air Zones.This year’s conference will be a one-day conference with a networking dinner the evening before. Both in-person and online attendance options…
Find out more »IAQM Webinar: Mitigating Air Pollution Exposure to the Young Children (MAPE)
Air pollution exposure to young children is a serious concern globally since they are the most vulnerable to the health effects of traffic-related air pollution. In 2017, UNICEF revealed that almost 17 million children, younger than 1 year old, live in severely affected regions of the world where air pollution levels far exceed World Health Organisation prescribed limits of PM2.5 by about six times. Young children, especially those from poor socio-economic backgrounds, are most vulnerable to the impacts of toxic…
Find out more »IAQM and Land Condition Early Career Network: Crossover event
Join us for the first crossover event for our IAQM and Land Condition Early Career Networks. In collaboration with the Society for Brownfield Risk Assessment (SoBRA), we will be hosting an event aimed at bringing together early career air quality and land condition professionals, to discuss topics pertinent to both. We will hear from expert speakers on the following topics: Uncertainty in Vapour Intrusion Risk Assessment- Increased attention has been paid to human exposure to toxic chemicals through vapour intrusion…
Find out more »December 2021
IAQM AGM and keynote speech
Join us for our 2021 virtual Annual General Meeting and take advantage of the opportunity to hear about the IAQM's strategic direction and activities in 2022, hear about your new Committee members and ask any questions. This AGM follows the recent changes made to the IAQM Committee election procedure. The AGM will be followed by a keynote speech from Prof Frank Kelly. He will be discussing air pollution and public health: emerging hazards and improved understanding of risk.Event schedule14:30: AGM,…
Find out more »January 2022
Environment Agency air emissions risk assessment EAL updates
Environmental Assessment Levels (EALs) are used by the Environment Agency (EA) to judge the acceptability of proposed emissions to air from industrial sites, and their relative contribution to the environment. EALs represent a pollutant concentration in ambient air at which no significant risks to human health are expected. In 2012, the EA ran a consultation to identify a new hierarchy for the derivation of EALs.Using their revised methodology and working with Public Health England (now UK Health Security Agency), the…
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