Air Pollution - what it means for your health
Air
pollution:
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What it means for your health
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The public information service
These days, many people are concerned about air pollution and whether it might affect their health. The fact is that most of the time, air pollution levels are low. The air is certainly a lot cleaner today than in the days of the smogs of the 1950's, when factory chimneys belched out smoke and nearly everyone had a coal fire. But if you are concerned about air pollution, there is a free and easy to use service that allows you to check levels in your area.
The Government and the devolved administrations' Air Pollution Information Service is managed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). It provides detailed and easy-to-understand information on air pollution, completely free of charge. This information can be particularly important to people with medical conditions which air pollution may make worse.
Page (HTML version) published 17 November 2002;
Page last modified
3 November, 2006