TAPHIA 1st annual meeting, 10th and 11th of May 2018, IOM, Edinburgh, UK
The 1st annual meeting of the TAPHIA project took place last week (10th and 11th of May 2018) at the Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) in Edinburgh, UK. […]
Winners of the UNEnvironment Asia Pacific Low Carbon Lifestyles Challenge
Read about the winners of the @UNEnvironment Asia Pacific Low Carbon Lifestyles Challenge – e.g. bringing the iconic tuk tuk into the eVehicle market thanks to an affordable […]
PAHs in urban and rural childcare centers
A study looking at PAHs in urban and rural childcare centers in Nakhon Ratchasima province in Thailand found that total concentrations of 16 PAHs in urban centers was […]
World Health Organization (WHO)
Air pollution may not always be visible, but it can be deadly. Clean air = healthy future
Air pollution is an invisible killer (WHO)
Air pollution is an invisible killer. It lurks all around us, preying on the young and old. Here is how air pollution impacts your body. How air pollution […]
Call to change emission standards
Call to change emission standards to Euro 5 and 6 to improve AirQuality in Thailand’s capital Bangkok where dust particles and ozone remain major factors causing problems https://www.bangkokpost.com/…/stagnant-emission-rules-threa…
OFFICAIR project finds seasonal variation in indoor air quality
THE EU funded OFFICAIR project finds seasonal variation in indoor air quality in modern office buildings with mechanical ventilation (higher in summer than in winter). The seasonal difference […]
Air pollution linked to birth weight
The research study found that higher levels of traffic related air pollutants were associated with a small increased chance of low birth weight amongst newborns, even after taking […]
Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting
• Prof John Cherrie presented the TAPHIA project at the JOINT INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL MEDICINE MEETING in Bangkok, 6-8 December 2017, as part of the Environmental Health, Toxicology and […]
Kick-Off Meeting
The Kick off meeting took place at Faculty of Tropical Medicine, MAHIDOL University in Bangkok.
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Our new project TAPTOX – Air Pollution in Thailand and its detrimental health impacts – has kicked off. Following on from our work on the TAPHIA project we […]
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We have been busy organising fieldwork, collecting data, presenting our work and continuously engaging with the scientific community through various conferences, events and workshops. The Thai team, led […]
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