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The UK Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM) organised a forum to discuss childhood exposure to air pollution. Dr Rhys Archer from SEI York spoke alongside two other experts.
To mark Clean Air Day on 15th June, the UK IAQM organised a forum on air pollution and childhood exposure to be hosted at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Dr Archer discussed her work on the School’s Air Quality Monitoring for Health and Education (SAMHE) project. In particular, she explained how the project utilizes citizen science methods to increase relevance and engagement on air quality.
Young girls running down a school corridor. Photo: SolStock / Getty Images
Also speaking at the event were Professor Paul Linden from the University of Cambridge and Dr Abigail Whitehouse from Queen Mary University of London. Prof. Linden is a co-project investigator on SAMHE and will speak about his wider work on school air quality through the Tackling Air Pollution in Schools network (TAPAS). Dr Whitehouse is a clinical academic respiratory children’s doctor in London. Her current research activities include setting up the new Children’s Environmental Health service at the Royal London and innovative asthma and wheeze trial work. Abigail also works with a variety of community, charity and young persons groups on air pollution health effects.
Project / A citizen science project monitoring indoor air, created with and for UK schools.
Event on 01 May in Coventry / Sam Bland will host this session on the SAMHE project and the opportunities and challenges of using web apps to engage young people in citizen science.
Other publication / SEI York researchers contributed to a new UK Nitrogen Balance Sheet, developed for WWF-UK by the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.
Feature / At the INGENIOUS webinar, Sarah West and indoor air quality experts emphasized the need for further research to promote indoor air quality in all UK households.
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