December 27, 2017
Partnership with CANUE links environmental data with CHILD Study
Now, a new pan-Canadian research consortium aims to link exposome data with health information from AllerGen’s CHILD Study and other Canadian cohort and health databases. Read More
December 27, 2017
Portable air quality sensor measures pollution levels
Drs Evans and Brook are developing AirSENCE (Air SENsor for Chemicals in the Environment), a novel technology for monitoring air quality. Read more
September 25, 2017
Running is awesome. But is air pollution ruining the high?
U of T engineering students Peter Murphy & Cuilian Fang are photographed in The Toronto Star as they test the air quality at Sugar Beach in Toronto. Read more
June 13, 2017
Ontario researchers to study dust for carcinogens after Fort McMurray fire
SOCAAR collaborator Prof. Arthur Chan and his team will be travelling to Fort McMurray, Alta., next month to study dust left in homes from the forest fire that ravaged the city last year. Read more
April 25, 2017
Ontario researchers to study dust for carcinogens after Fort McMurray fire
Union slams TTC over subway air pollution study, raises concerns about worker health. Gill speaks with Dr. Greg Evans. Listen to the interview with CBC's Here and Now
April 25, 2017
Toronto subway riders, workers breathing air 10 times worse than outside: study
A new air quality study co-authored by SOCAAR Director Dr. Greg Evans determined that Toronto’s subway had three times more air pollutants than Montreal’s subway system, and five times more than Vancouver’s SkyTrain system. Read more
April 25, 2017
Airborne particulates on subway platforms and trains are up to 10 times higher than outside air, around three times higher than levels in Montreal’s Metro
The air quality on TTC platforms and trains is comparable to a typical day in Beijing, says U of T Engineering’s Dr. Greg Evans. Read more
April 25, 2017
Air Pollution in Subway Systems May Be Much Worse Than We Realized
A new study led by University of Toronto chemical engineer Dr. Greg Evans and published in Environmental Science and Technology shows that trains and platforms along the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) have the highest levels of air pollution in any of Canada’s three subway systems—10 times higher than outside air. Read more
April 25, 2017
Air pollution levels in Toronto subways highest among country's 3 major rapid transit systems
Toronto's subway stations and trains had the highest levels of air pollution of Canada's three major rapid transit systems, a newly released study co-authored by a university engineering professor has found. Read more
April 25, 2017
Air pollution levels in Toronto subways highest among country's 3 major rapid transit systems
Toronto's subway stations and trains had the highest levels of air pollution of Canada's three major rapid transit systems, a newly released study co-authored by a university engineering professor has found. Read more
April 25, 2017
TTC subway system 10 times more polluted than outside, study shows
New study co-authored by SOCAAR Director Prof. Greg Evans found concentrations of fine particulate matter on the Toronto subway system are roughly 10 times the level found outside TTC stations. Read more
March 30, 2017
Does particulate matter matter?
Last month, U of T professor Marianne Hatzopoulou presented her team’s research with the clear and concise introductory disclaimer in all caps: THE BENEFITS OF CYCLING FAR OUTWEIGH THE RISKS. Read more
March 22, 2017
Hong Kong scientists reveal link between late-night dinners and breast cancer
First collaborative paper resulting from the tripartite research collaboration between the University of Toronto, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Utrecht University describes an association between shift work and night eating with breast cancer. Read more
March 14, 2017
Vitamin B an unlikely weapon in the war against pollution, new study suggests
SOCAAR Collaborator Dr. Frances Silverman co-authored a new study that found Vitamin B could help mitigate the effects air pollution. Read more
February 15, 2017
Professor Greg Evans receives 3M National Teaching Fellowship
Professor Greg Evans (ChemE) has received a 3M National Teaching Fellowship from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Read more
February 14, 2017
Pollution study has U.K. transit commuters gasping for air
Professor Greg Evans speaks to Global News about the impact of air pollution for commuters on Canadian trains. Read more
February 10, 2017
Study finds GO train riders exposed to high level of diesel exhaust
A study co-authored by AllerGen investigator Dr. Greg Evans, a University of Toronto professor of chemical engineering and director of the Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research (SOCAAR), has found that passengers travelling in diesel-powered commuter GO trains risk high levels of exposure to pollutants—depending on where they sit and whether the locomotive is pushing or pulling the train. Read more
February 7, 2017
GO Train Exhaust study
Greg Evans is a professor of Engineering at the University of Toronto. He co-authored the study on carcinogenic diesel exhaust on commuter trains. Listen to the CBCHereAndNow podcast.
February 7, 2017
Diesel trains may expose passengers to exhaust
A new study from U of T Engineering finds that diesel trains may expose passengers to elevated levels of certain pollutants, especially if they are sitting directly behind the locomotive. Read more
February 7, 2017
GO Transit passengers at risk for exposure to diesel exhaust
SOCAAR Director Prof. Greg Evans co-authors one of the first studies to measure pollutant exposure inside commuter trains. Read more
Press Releases
April 7, 2017
2016-17 Best in Science Grant Recipients
SOCAAR collaborator Professor Arthur Chan wins the 2016-17 Best in Science Grant. Read more
February 7, 2017
2017 3M National Teaching Fellows
SOCAAR Director Professor Greg Evans was awarded the 3M Teaching Fellowship. Read more
