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
Exposure to air pollution over a long time is just as bad as smoking
Independent - 14-Aug-2019Ozone is our friend in the stratosphere but not so much at ground level
Read more...Indoor levels of carbon dioxide are dangerous for health
Guardian - 08-Jul-2019Open a window at home and work to stop CO2 levels rising indoors
Read more...UK policies are successful in reducing air pollution
The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - 26-Jun-2019Clean Air Strategy could be the key to eliminating air pollution in UK
Read more...
