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  • Environmental monitoring following the Grenfell Tower fire

    Air quality reports for the survivors and residents of the area surrounding Grenfell Tower.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: UK Health Security Agency
    • Updated:
  • Lead exposure in children: surveillance reports (from 2021)

    Results of laboratory-based surveillance of elevated blood lead concentrations in children in England.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Health Protection Report: latest surveillance reports
    • Organisation: UK Health Security Agency
    • Updated:
  • Radioactivity in food and the environment (RIFE) report

    Annual assessment report of radioactivity in food and the environment and the public's exposure to radiation.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science and 3 others
    • Updated:
  • Air pollutants: quantification of associated health effects

    Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP) summary of recommendations for quantifying the health effects of air pollutants.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: COMEAP: reports and statements
    • Organisation: UK Health Security Agency
    • Updated:
  • COMEAP annual report 2022

    A report summarising the work of the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants during 2022.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: COMEAP: reports and statements
    • Organisation: UK Health Security Agency
    • Updated:
  • Environmental public health tracking

    An environmental public health surveillance system that helps collect and collate environmental hazard and health outcome data.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Health Protection Report: latest surveillance reports
    • Organisation: UK Health Security Agency
    • Updated:
  • COC watching brief: the tumour microenvironment

    A watching brief document from the Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Committee on Carcinogenicity: statements and guidance
    • Organisation: UK Health Security Agency
    • Updated:
  • COMEAP statement: response to WHO Air quality guidelines 2021

    COMEAP statement in response to the publication of the World Health Organization’s Air quality guidelines in September 2021.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: COMEAP: reports and statements
    • Organisation: UK Health Security Agency
    • Updated:
  • COMEAP advice note: Environment Act PM2.5 targets

    COMEAP advice note in response to Defra’s May 2022 evidence report and impact analysis to inform the public consultation on Environment Act PM2.5 targets

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: COMEAP: reports and statements
    • Organisation: UK Health Security Agency
    • Updated:
  • Air pollution: cognitive decline and dementia

    A report by the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP).

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: COMEAP: reports and statements
    • Organisation: UK Health Security Agency
    • Updated:
  • Nuclear emergencies: information for the public

    How radiation affects people, the consequences of a nuclear accident and the measures used to protect public health in the event of an accident.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Radiation incidents: public health preparedness and response
    • Organisation: UK Health Security Agency
    • Updated:
  • Particulate air pollution: quantifying effects on mortality

    COMEAP statement on quantifying mortality associated with long-term exposure to fine particulate matter.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: COMEAP: reports and statements
    • Organisation: UK Health Security Agency
    • Updated:
  • Air pollution: quantifying effects on hospital admissions

    COMEAP statement updating recommendations for quantifying hospital admissions associated with short-term exposures to air pollutants.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: COMEAP: reports and statements
    • Organisation: UK Health Security Agency
    • Updated:
  • Particulate air pollution: effects on mortality

    COMEAP statement on estimating mortality associated with long-term average concentrations of fine particulate matter.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: COMEAP: reports and statements
    • Organisation: UK Health Security Agency
    • Updated:
  • Lead exposure in children: surveillance reports

    Results of laboratory-based surveillance of elevated blood lead concentrations in children in England.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Health Protection Report: latest surveillance reports
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Public Health England
    • Updated:
  • Particulate air pollution on London Underground: health effects

    COMEAP statement on the evidence of health effects on the travelling public from exposure to particulate matter in the London Underground.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: COMEAP: reports and statements
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Public Health England
    • Updated:
  • Air pollution and cardiovascular disease: mechanistic evidence

    Report by the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants describing how long-term exposure to ambient air pollution can lead to cardiovascular disease.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: COMEAP: reports and statements
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Public Health England
    • Updated:
  • Long-term exposure to air pollution: effect on mortality

    A report by the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP) on the long-term effects of particulate air pollution on mortality.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: COMEAP: reports and statements
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Public Health England
    • Updated:
  • Mortality effects of long-term exposure to air pollution in the UK

    A report by the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP) on the effects of particulate air pollution on mortality in the UK.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: COMEAP: reports and statements
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Public Health England
    • Updated:
  • Nitrogen dioxide: effects on mortality

    COMEAP report on the link between long-term average concentrations of nitrogen dioxide and mortality.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: COMEAP: reports and statements
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Public Health England
    • Updated: