Air Quality in Derbyshire Jane Careless; Public Health Lead (Health - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Item 4 Air Quality in Derbyshire Jane Careless; Public Health Lead (Health Protection) Richard Lovell; Senior Project Officer Sustainable Travel

The impact of air pollution • Air pollution is a mixture of particles and gases • Air pollution costs the population, health services and business, at an economic cost of £20 billion a year. • Impacts relate to short and long term exposure • Role in range of health issues; cancer, asthma, stroke, heart disease, diabetes

The impact of air pollution

Sources of air pollution • Man made sources include transport, household burning or solid fuels and industrial activities. • Highest levels seen at source • Particulate matter (PM) and Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) have greatest impact on health • No safe threshold

Air Quality in Derbyshire • Mortality and morbidity attributed to air quality is calculated as equivalent to 402 deaths and 4041 life years lost. • Air Quality Management Areas; • Chesterfield one AQMA on Church Street, Brimington • Erewash two AQMAs East of M1 motorway in Sandiacre and Long Eaton • Bolsover two AQMAs at Barlborough next to the M1 and one on Chesterfield Road; • Clean Air Strategy directive East of A38 (Bolsover)

Local Strategy Air quality working group • Air quality heat map • Promotional campaigns • Annual report • Evidence review • Supplementary planning guidance • Links to wider strategic plans • Low Emission Vehicle strategies • Links with Coal Fires project

Evidence and best practice • Restriction zones around schools • Engagement with workplaces on sustainable travel • Fleet reviews and advice to businesses • Retrofitting of vehicles • Awareness raising campaigns • Green walls

Conclusion • Modest decreases in air pollution can lead to population impacts • Interventions can deliver wider health and economic benefits • Growing evidence base of measures to support reductions including return on investment tools • Measures needed on population and local level • LEV strategy support reductions in NO2 reductions • Measures to support model shift and move from solid fuels support PM reductions

Resources • Every breath we take (RCP) https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/outputs/every- breath-we-take-lifelong-impact-air-pollution • Air quality a briefing for DPHs http://www.adph.org.uk/2017/03/air-quality-a-briefing-for- directors-of-public-health/ • NICE guidance https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng70 • A breath of fresh air; addressing climate change and air pollution together for health http://www.ukhealthalliance.org/report-breath-fresh-air/

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