January 9, 2026
MARCHES researchers from Aarhus University and ISGlobal Barcelona took part in the fifth European Commission EU Clean Air Forum in Bonn, where experts, policymakers and clean air advocates gathered on December 1-2 2025 to explore ways to ensure better air quality for all Europeans.
December 18, 2025
An international group of experts, convened by the Danish government, has recommended that the limit value of nitrate in drinking water is to be lowered substantially. Research conducted as part of the MARCHES project has contributed to this recommendation.
November 11, 2025
For a long time, it is well documented that air pollution can cause a long series of health problems that entail health costs. A new study "Lewy body dementia promotion by air pollutants" provides further evidence that exposure to PM2.5 increases such risks and costs.
March 7, 2025
A review of the scientific literature has now revealed that there seems to be a robust association between the exposure to nitrate in drinking water with colorectal cancer.
February 16, 2025:
The rising of the lung cancer type adenocarcinoma is linked to air pollution.
November 26, 2024:
The European Union (EU) has recently revised the Ambient Air Quality Directive (AAQD). Science on the health impacts of air pollution has been a key driver in updating the directive requirements.
April 2, 2024:
According to the European Environment Agency (EEA) 253,000 deaths in 2021 could have been avoided in the EU if fine particulate matter concentrations had met WHO recommendations.
December 1, 2023:
127 colorectal cancer cases can be avoided each year in Denmark and the Danish society can save $302 million each year if the limit of nitrate in drinking water is reduced to 3.87 mg/L, according to a study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment.
July 6, 2023:
From the 26th to the 28th of June 2023 the MARCHES project held a Workshop on Systematic Reviews in Environmental Health. The program consisted of lectures and hands-on exercises and group work. The workshop was held at Aarhus University in Denmark.