Air Quality

Air Pollution and concern about air quality are not new. Complaints were recorded in the 13th century when coal was first used in London. Since the middle of the 19th century, the atmosphere of the major British cities was regularly polluted by coal smoke in winter, giving rise to an infamous mixture of fog and smoke known as smog. Today the emphasis has shifted from the pollution problems caused by industry to the ones associated with motor vehicle emissions.

Click Bart Simpson (left) for the easy-to-read young person's text and Mr. Burns (right) for the more technical information.

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Introduction to Air Quality
Air Pollutants
Air Pollution Chemistry
Air Quality Standards
Asthma
Carbon Monoxide
Cars
Catalytic Converters
Clean Air Acts
Cleaner Fuels
Dispersion
Doing Our Bit
Dustmite
Emissions
Fossil Fuels
Great London Smog
History of Air Pollution
Human Health
Impacts of Air Pollution
Indoor Air Pollution
Industry & Power Generation
Legislation
Lichens
Local Air Quality Management
Measuring Air Quality
Megacities Air Quality
Modelling Air Quality
Monitoring Air Quality
Mould Spores
Natural Air Pollution
Nitrogen Dioxide
Outdoor Air Pollution
Ozone
Particulates
Radon
Rural Air Quality
Smog
Smoke
Smoking
Sulphur Dioxide
UK Air Pollution
UK Air Quality Strategy
Urban Air Quality
Vehicle Emission Controls
Volatile Organic Compounds
Wildlife