Introduction to air pollution
1. What are the health impacts of air pollution? Air pollution is much worse than most of us have realised. When compared to other environmental factors affecting public health only smoking causes more early deaths in the UK. Worse still, the health impacts are concentrated in busy urban areas such as London. The Committee on the ... Read more
Introduction to smog
This webpage provides links to posts and pages about smog in London. See also Clean Air in London posts tagged ‘smog’. 1. Articles in the media http://delicious.com/CleanAirLondon 2. Air quality forecasting airTEXT http://www.airtext.info/ Defra: UK-AIR homepage http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/ Defra: Last 24 hours http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/latest/currentlevels?period=24 Defra: Latest measurement summary http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/latest/?zone_id=15&Submit=View&type=forecast Defra: Latest measured levels http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/latest/currentlevels Defra: Forecast in words ... Read more
Most-read stories of 2011
The most-read stories of 2011 A look back at the campaign letters and updates that proved the most popular during the year. January Government attempts to keep London air pollution information secret https://cleanair.london/legal/government-attempts-to-keep-london-air-pollution-information-secret/ ‘Clean Air in London’ exacts promise of cleaner air in WEZ area from Mayor of London https://cleanair.london/legal/mayor-promises-to-mitigate-impact-of-wez-removal/ February Take 10 steps for ... Read more
Introduction to Pollution Check
Clean Air in London (CAL) aims to do a Pollution Check every day in the same residential area in central London. Headline results are tweeted at https://twitter.com/cleanairlondon CAL uses a TSI Handheld Particle Counter 9306-V2 to undertake these Pollution Checks. Full specification details are attached below. The Aerotrak 9306-V2 measures the number of particles per ... Read more
Introduction to the Pollution Suppressor
This webpage provides links to posts and pages about the Pollution Suppressor in London. See also the YouTube video of the Pollution Suppressor operating by the Marylebone Road air quality monitor most-used to warn the public of smog episodes and legal breaches http://youtu.be/WUkvGkDOyYA and Clean Air in London posts tagged ‘Pollution Suppressor’. Articles in the media http://delicious.com/CleanAirLondon Boris Johnson’s ... Read more
Clean Air in Cities app
Download our app to keep up to date with air pollution at your location
The app shows current levels of ozone (O3) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) globally and the health impact of long-term exposure to PM2.5 for populations in England
