Air Pollution Links

1. Factual links

   Some of the websites providing reliable scientific information on Particulate Matter:

   • 1.1 Information on air pollution for non-specialists
   • 1.2 Institutions addressing air pollution
   • 1.3 Some local day-to-day air quality monitoring

See also our page containing sites linking to this Digest

 

1. Factual links

1.1 Information on air pollution for non-specialists

• Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/eae/english.html 
• The US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)
  - FAQs on ground level ozone: www.epa.gov/air/oaqps/gooduphigh/ 
  - FAQs on particulate matter: www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/naaqsfin/pmhealth.html 
  - Information on common air pollutants: www.epa.gov/air/urbanair/6poll.html 
• The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) proposes
  "FAQs on the Health Effects of Air Pollution":  http://acsp.cpha.ca/cleanair/FAQ.pdf
• Environment, Health and Safety Online (EHSO) proposes
  FAQs on Air Pollution: www.ehso.com/ehshome/airpollutionfaqs.php 
• MedlinePlus, an information service of the US National Library of Medecine and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), provides information on Air Pollution
  www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/airpollution.html 

1.2 Institutions addressing air pollution

• WHO Regional Office for Europe "Air quality and health" pages, including WHO Air quality guidelines": www.euro.who.int/air 
• The Environment DG of the European Commission presents its policies regarding air pollution at: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/air/index_en.htm 
• The European Environment Agency (EEA) presents its environmental theme on air at:
  http://themes.eea.eu.int/Specific_media/air 
• US EPA presents its resources and policies on Air Pollutants:
  www.epa.gov/air/airpollutants.html 

1.3 Some local day-to-day air quality monitoring

• Day to day mapping of pollution peaks in Europe (in French)
  www.notre-planete.info/environnement/picsactus.php 
• The Belgian site of the Interregional Cell for the Environment on ambient air quality in the Belgian Regions updated daily: www.irceline.be 
• The cross-agency U.S. Government Web site that offers daily Air Quality Index forecasts as well as real-time conditions for over 300 cities across the US:
  http://airnow.gov 
• The UK National Air Quality Information Archive proposes questions and answers on air pollution as well as air pollution bulletins updated hourly: www.airquality.co.uk 
• The London Air Quality Network: www.londonair.org.uk