Respiratory Disease
Influenza, pneumonia, air pollution One of the preventable big killers – though preventable in a difficult way that you may have to sacrifice your job, community and city life to avoid it.
I’ll keep track on these pages of big studies on mortality and also any studies on effectiveness of masks or other measures that could reduce the impact.
Resources
Real time Air Quality map - World Air Quality Index (AQI)
Consumer Grade Air Quality Monitors
Must be able to monitor PM2.5
Indoor
- Air Quality Egg - http://airqualityegg.com/
- Speck - https://www.specksensor.com/
Portable
Recent News
Roadside hedges reduce some pollution by 63 percent
ScienceDaily - 04-Jan-2019More hedges could greatly improve the health of pedestrians and residents
Read more...UK's first air-filtering bus launches in Southampton
Guardian - 27-Sep-2018The Go ahead group, a British bus line installed special filters on top of their units as an effort to clean the air of the city
Read more...Vaping could cause chronic diseases
Independent - 14-Aug-2018Vaporized nicotine promotes lung buildup and is a more potent cell killer
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