Corona saving lives
According to a new study, the shutdown in Europe, which has been going on for weeks, has led to around 11,000 fewer deaths from the effects of air pollution.
According to a new study, the shutdown in Europe, which has been going on for weeks, has led to around 11,000 fewer deaths from the effects of air pollution.
The news hits like a bomb: Stuttgart says goodbye to its fine dust alarm. And this even immediately, because since Wednesday of this week (15.04.) it is already over!
The corona crisis still has a firm grip on us. Many shops are closed, a large number of employees are in the home office. What that means for traffic is clear. Yawning emptiness in the streets.
What initially seemed to be only a coincidental commonality actually seems to be in a causal relationship: pollution and a high incidence of corona infections.
Paris was the first French metropolis to introduce a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) to reduce traffic-related air pollution. The Paris LEZ restricts access according to the air quality certificate system.
Coronavirus is spreading at breakneck speed. Of course, national borders do not constitute an obstacle for the virus, which can cause the dangerous lung disease Covid-19.
These are hectic times, Corona has reached all of our everyday life. People start to panic, hamster shopping is the result. Yet air pollution is a much greater and omnipresent danger to life.
In the fight for clean air, new paths are being taken. For a long time now, people have no longer wanted to rely exclusively on environmental zones, driving bans or even the unwelcome eco lanes.
Darmstadt has installed a comprehensive sensor network within its city limits, which measures and controls environmental pollution.
Green-Zones not only wants to provide information and offer solutions with the environmental stickers or app. We want to get to the bottom of the problem. Where others only report facts, we put our heart into it!