Barbican Air Quality Monitoring Update

A number of people around the estate have been putting up air sampling tubes to measure the quality of the air around the estate.  The results are starting to come in ...

Science in the city! Barbican air quality monitoring project Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Next meeting is 9th April Please come along to our next meeting on the 9th April 18:00 - 20:00 in the Lilac Room. Find out all about the proposed changes to Beech Street Tunnel and how they might affect you. We will be asking for volunteers to help with collecting vital data to inform this consultation. We will also be looking at the results from personal exposure monitoring and answering any questions you may have. Here is an update on the work you have been doing so far to monitor the air pollution around your home.  Firstly, information on nitrogen dioxide levels around the estate have been collected for the last five months and we have results back from the lab for the first four. Please take a look here to see the variations between the sites and the months. The site numbers correspond to those in this table. You can also visit the map where you can zoom in to identify the different monitoring sites and click on the points to get further information on each. Secondly, a group of residents have been taking it in turns to monitor their personal exposure to the small airborne particles that can potentially cause health problems. Carrying a particle monitor and a GPS tracking unit on their daily journeys will enable us to map their personal exposure for this period. The data is still being processed but it will be available for everyone to see at the next meeting and we think you will find it very interesting. Finally, you may be interested in a recent paper exploring the long-term effects of nitrogen dioxide on health.   follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook