Air Pollution

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Air pollution is the invisible killer behind one in every 10 deaths in New Zealand. There's no safe level of it, but it's an easy issue to ignore.  Audio

Traffic noise at schools has a detrimental effect on the development and working memory and attention in primary school students, new research out of Barcelona has found. Researcher Maria Foraster led… Audio

New infrared technology is being rolled out in the Bay of Plenty to locate illegal wood burners.  Bay of Plenty Regional Council Senior Regulatory Project Officer, Marion Henton talks to Jesse about… Audio

New Zealanders make take it for granted that we live in a clean, green part of the world but just how fresh is the air we breathe? Many Kiwis would be surprised by what we're breathing in, says… Video, Audio

Wellingtonian Ron Hanson has strong ties to Taiwan, having lived there on and off since the turn of the century.  He's Calling Home from the Nantun District of Taichung City, where he lives in a… Audio

High body emissions released during exercise can combine with bleach cleaners to form potentially harmful indoor air pollution, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of… Audio

Sarah Griffiths has called the Jing'An District in Shanghai home for the past two years, having taken up her role with theatre company Punchdrunk International after lengthy stints with the Australia… Audio

There might be at least one silver lining as the world navigates its way through the coronavirus pandemic. Paul Monks is Professor of Air Pollution at the University of Leicester.  Audio

GNS Science monitors levels of air pollution around New Zealand, especially small particles that can have severe health effects. Audio

Gary Fuller is an air pollution scientist at King's College London, where his research focuses on the sources of urban air pollution and also looks at the effect on people's health. Dr Fuller led the… Audio

A new study from China suggests chronic exposure to air pollution could be linked to a decline in brain function. Researchers believe that the negative impact increases with age, and affects men more… Audio

The Canterbury Regional Council is planning to ban log burners more than 15 years old by the end of October, in an effort to address the city's air pollution. Video, Audio