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Ideas for citizen-led research• Mapping air pollution levels around schools, indicating the impact of driving to

school or walking along particularly polluted routes to school.

• Demonstrating how cyclists can reduce their exposure to air pollution by choosing alternative routes.

• Measuring the ingress of traffic pollution into retirement homes, health centres and hospitals.

• Monitoring the impact of strong local sources of pollution in a neighbourhood, such as construction sites, bus depots or congested roads.

• Providing evidence of elevated pollution levels in neighbourhoods where council monitoring schemes are not represented.

• Raising awareness of air pollution health impacts by contrasting community exposure to traffic pollution according to how individuals spend their daily lives.

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Types of citizen-led monitoring• Continuous monitoring (particle samplers)

- Accurate, mobile, lots of detail, often easily understood, health relevant- Expensive, requires training, short periods

• Passive monitoring (diffusion tubes)- Inexpensive, simple, legislation relevant (NO2)

- Indicative, no time resolution (monthly mean)

• Illustrative monitoring (ghost wipes, lichen)- Cheap, interactive, easily understood- Little health or legislation relevance, not quantifiable

• Online data resources (modelled maps, route planner)- Free, openly available, health & legislation relevance, some interaction- Less engagement and ownership

• All methods require appropriate interpretation of results!

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Diffusion tube monitoring (Putney Society)

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HomeSuburbanNatural ventilation

OfficeCentralMechanical ventilation

Travel (lunch)CentralWalk

TravelCentral to SuburbanTube, Rail, Walk

TravelCentralWalk, Tube

Continuous monitoring (BRC pilot)

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Travel CentralWalk

Travel CentralWalk

NurseryCentralNatural ventilation

HomeInnerNatural ventilation

Continuous monitoring (BRC pilot)

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School pupil travelling to/from school

Bus to school

along main roads

Walk from school along back roads

School in suburban location

Home close to the A2

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Cumulative BC exposure (7am to midnight)

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