Air pollution

Question 1

Sources of air pollution

Answer 1

• Farms and agriculture
• Building sites and construction
• Factories
• Energy generation
• Burning
• Transport
• Cleaning products

Question 2

Environmental justice

Answer 2

• Fair treatment and meaningfuul involvement of all people with respect to environmental laws and regulations
• No group of people should bear a disportionate share of environmnetal consequences
• The public should be able to voice concerns and have a say in local decision making process

Question 3

What s the trend of air quality?

Answer 3

• U shaped graph
• The poor live in urban areas where there is high air pollution, from factories and traffic
• Richer classes are able to live in less polluted areas such as the countryside
• However, very wealthy people may chose to live in urban areas, such as London. Where they may experience the same level of pollution as poorer classes

Question 4

Minorities

Answer 4

• There are 17,00 schools past WHO guidelines
• England, 1 million under 18 live where air pollution is double the guidelines
• Communities with miniorites are exposed to high levels of air pollution despite lower car ownership
• POC 3x less likely to own car

Question 5

Citisen Science

Answer 5

• Project working with a community group in Liverpool, Better Old Swan (BOS)
• Concerned about the air quality
• Gather own data, such as ultra fine particles, indoor and out door air quality

Question 6

Why might the impact of air pollution vary in individiduals?

Answer 6

Depends on factors such as age, race, class, diet, health and more.

Question 7

Issues with collecting air pollution data

Answer 7

• Social cateogroy data (poverty) - may be out of date or over generalised
• Polluntant data - significance of impact varies
• Temporal scales - may not have consistent comparable data for the past and modelling is required for the future
• Hard to find data correlation as emmissions cane be diluted and dispersed and people move day-to-day