Population Exposure To Air Pollutants In Europe (People) How Clean Is The Air In European Cities?

The PEOPLE (Population Exposure to Air Pollutants in Europe) project is presented. With the support of the media and thousands of citizens, at six European cities (Brussels, Lisbon, Bucharest, Ljubljana, Dublin, Madrid), samples of personal, indoor and outdoor air pollution concentrations were collected. Air quality in cities is controlled by the relationship between emissions of and dispersion of pollutants. Transportation and environmental tobacco smoke were important factors for exposure to the air pollutant benzene. While collecting scientific data the project also helped to raise awareness of the public to air pollution in general and more specifically to the importance of personal behaviour for exposure to air pollutants