Sheffield Air Quality Monitoring includes information about council and community air quality monitoring and a map showing the location of diffusion tubes (monitoring nitrogen dioxide) around the city.
Care4Air is a South Yorkshire wide campaign aimed at improving air quality. It is a partnership of the Metropolitan Borough Councils of Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham, Sheffield Ctiy Council and South Yorkshire Travelwise.
How polluted is my road? A publication by Jenny Jones, Green Party Member of the London Assembly. These web pages show local levels of pollution near London roads, schools, and how things might look in 2020.
Green City Solutions – a German website (in English) which proposes a combination of solutions to improve air quality.
World Health Organization: British cities named and shamed for breaching safety levels for air pollution:
- Leeds and Sheffield on danger list over air pollution
- WHO names and shames UK cities breaching safe air pollution levels
Know your air for health website to encourage people to check air quality levels on line, a joint project by the Health & Environment Alliance (HEAL) and the European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients Associations (EFA).
Environmental law firm ClientEarth committed to securing a healthy planet.
The cost of air pollution: Health impacts of road transport Air pollution has now become the biggest environmental cause of premature death, reports the OECD. In most OECD countries, the death toll from heart and lung diseases caused by air pollution is much higher than the one from traffic accidents.
Air quality deteriorating in many of the world’s cities The Wortd Health Organization’s evaluation based on 1600 cities across 91 countries (May 2014)
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and the ESCAPE project have launched a series of information leaflets aimed at providing individuals, health professionals and heart, lung and asthma patient groups with the latest science-based guidance on how air pollution affects health in Europe, and prevention tips. Download them from their website:
- Air pollution and lung health – for patients with lung disease
- Air pollution and health – for patients with cardiovascular disease
- Air pollution and health – for individuals and families concerned about lung cancer
- Air pollution and health – for parents of children with asthma and allergies
The ultimate guide to air pollution, published by Reliant Finishing Systems
Sheffield East End Quality of Life Initiative 