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
Respiratory Disease Blog Posts
Air pollution - a significant killer
07-May-2015
Recent News
Sophie Yeo tries out an Atmotube on the streets of Newcastle
DeSmog UK - 01-Oct-2019
Monitors VOCs and PM1, PM2.5 and PM10 particles - and warns you when air quality drops
Read more...Plume Labs Cycling Club goes out on the city streets to review R-PUR Nano mask
Plume Labs - 30-Sep-2019
PM2.5 filtration efficiency >99.9% even allowing for leakage due to different shaped faces
Read more...Indoor levels of carbon dioxide are dangerous for health
Guardian - 08-Jul-2019
Open a window at home and work to stop CO2 levels rising indoors
Read more...
