Air quality specialist, Sotirios Papathanasiou elaborates on how poor IAQ can increase incidences of infertility, prenatal mortality and birth defects. Excerpts from the interview he gave to Climate Control Middle East magazine…
Posted: November 26, 2025
In this issue, we turn our attention from IVF to the correlation between good Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ), and ovarian and sperm health.
Posted: November 10, 2025
For molecular geneticist, James Webb to say that air pollution is a pervasive environmental determinant of health, and to specify that pollutants like PM₂.₅, PM₁₀, nitrogen oxides, ozone, Volatile Organic Compounds and ultrafine particles have been implicated in impaired gamete quality and embryo development, is as powerful a spotlight as any on the indispensable nature […]
Posted: October 27, 2025
Dr Iyad Al-Attar, independent air filtration and IAQ consultant, reports on lessons learnt from visiting an IVF facility
Posted: October 17, 2025
Pollutants like PM₂.₅, PM₁₀, nitrogen oxides, ozone, Volatile Organic Compounds and ultrafine particles have been implicated in impaired gamete quality and embryo development, says molecular geneticist, James Webb
Posted: October 7, 2025
Dr Iyad Al-Attar, who straddles the science and engineering of air filtration approaches and broader IAQ measures, to helm the project, CPI Industry says
Posted: August 5, 2025
In the delicate dance of creating new life, an often-invisible partner plays a critical role – the air we breathe, says IAQ consultant Dr Iyad Al-Attar, adding that for those undergoing In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) and seeking to benefit from other Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART), as well as for couples hoping to conceive naturally, the purity of the air is emerging as a crucial factor in determining success. Dr Al-Attar in conversation with Surendar Balakrishnan, Editor, Climate Control Middle East…
Posted: July 24, 2025