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SUMMARY:CANCELLED ##### Air Pollution and health: myths and realities ####
 ### - Prof Jon Ayres\, Director of Institue of Occupational and Environmen
 tal Medicene\, University of Birmingham
DTSTART:20110516T131500Z
DTEND:20110516T141500Z
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CONTACT:Dr Alex Archibald
DESCRIPTION:That air pollution impacts on health is unarguable\, but the e
 xtent to which this occurs and the impact on public health is less easy to
  define.  Air quality standards worldwide are based on health impacts and 
 consequently policy makers need to be sure that legislation on air quality
  has a measurable benefit on health. One key issue is the relative exposur
 e to pollution from indoor sources and those outdoors - on a global scale 
 indoor burning of solid fuels (notably wood and animal dung) is a major pr
 oblem affecting more than half the world's population.  In the UK\, the mo
 st important source indoors is cigarette smoke as high-lighted by the bene
 fits of the smoking bans. However\, outdoor air is the obvious target for 
 legislation and how quantification of these impacts\, and the relevance of
  comparing impacts to those from other sources in getting the message acro
 ss is becoming increasingly important as European legislators seem to be m
 ore influenced by the industrial than the health lobby.  These are interes
 ting times in terms of air pollution and health!
LOCATION:Unilever Lecture Theatre\, Department of Chemistry
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