Air pollution - the Invisible Killer
It is difficult to see the air pollution around us but it’s impact can be seen in the chronic illnesses that affect the lives of so many. In the UK an estimated 30,000 people per year are dying prematurely from exposure to air pollution.
It is not an impossible problem or something that we should have to accept. Tackling air pollution is an opportunity to improve the lives of everyone but it remains invisible in our daily lives and largely absent from the agendas of those who can bring about solutions.
The 70th anniversary of the UK’s Clean Air Act is fast approaching. Dr Gary Fuller will take us on a tour of air pollution, from smog plagued streets of London, to the acid rain damaged landscapes of Scandinavia, arriving at the challenges we face today and the solutions before us.
Dr Gary Fuller is an air pollution scientist in the Environmental Research Group, part of the School of Public Health. His research focuses on measuring air pollution, understanding why it is changing and how it affects our health. He has a regular column in the Guardian newspaper and his book, The Invisible Killer – the rising global threat of air pollution and how we can fight back is published by Melville House books.
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