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Particulates PM2.5 & PM10 at SCC Tinsley real time monitoring station
October 2011 to March 2012
The data from City Councils Monitoring station in Tinsley does not breach the annual average limit values, but there are many big pollution spikes lasting a few hours, usually around rush hour. These spikes do exacerbate vulnerable people’s health condition.
Source: Prof Frank Kelly, Kings College London presentation to Castle Debates 17 April 1012
Health effects of poor air quality
•Particles: especially PM 2.5•Mortality: from all causes, lung cancer & cardio pulmonary mortality: 8 months decrease in life expectancy•In utero/childhood exposure leading to hypertension, type 2 diabetes, heart disease in later life•Low birth weight •Poor lung function development in children•Recent study evidence of impact on IQ•No threshold
Long term impacts air pollution
Source: Ben Anderson’s Presentation to Healthy Air in Sheffield Conference Dec 2011
Tinsley SureStart
Respiratory infections emergency admission rates for under 4 year olds SureStarts 1998/99 to 2006/07
Tinsley SureStart
What Next?
•50 MPH speed limit on Motorway
•Reducing Traffic on Bawtry Road
•City Councils Air Quality Action PlanLow Emission Zone
Smarter Travel Choices
More weight given to Air Quality in Planning
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