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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Gary Fuller

Pollutionwatch: citizen science helps raise alarm on UK air pollution

The village of Disley, Cheshire, with the city of Manchester in the distance
The village of Disley, Cheshire, with the city of Manchester in the distance. Air pollution concerns are not confined to towns and cities. Photograph: Bailey-Cooper Photography/Alamy

More and more people are making their own air pollution measurements and using these to press for action from national and local governments.

Last year Mark Tebbutt installed Chorley’s seventh air pollution monitor. Since 2013 Tebbutt, his family and friends have been buying and operating their own air pollution instruments. These are mounted on garden fences and on the sides of houses across the Lancashire town. You can find their data online alongside those from more than 30,000 citizen scientists around the world.

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