Science Bar: “Air Quality in Urban Areas – Measurement, Health, Prevention”

Brasserie Le Dôme – 2 Georges Clémenceau Avenue, 34000 Montpellier.

Air quality has become a major public health issue and is central to the ecological, energy, and social transition. The latest report from the European Environment Agency, published in October 2018, paints an alarming picture: in 2015, 48,000 premature deaths in France were attributed to severely degraded air quality in urban areas.

Public agencies, doctors, researchers, and civic groups regularly sound the alarm about air pollution, and it is clear that public policymakers are struggling to implement effective measures to reduce this health risk. According to the WHO, air pollution is the leading environmental health risk worldwide.

Amid growing concern and heightened awareness, questions abound: Where do the various pollutants that accumulate in city centers and degrade the air we breathe come from? What are their effects on our health? What precautions and measures should we take?

This science-society debate brings together four scientists and experts on the subject:

• Pierre Camps, CNRS Research Director at the Geosciences Laboratory (University of Montpellier);
• Davia Dosias-Perla, research engineer at the ARTDev laboratory (Paul Valéry University) – Co-founder of the association “Les Artivistes”;
• Lionel Scotto d’Apollonia – Research Associate at the LIRDEF laboratory (University of Montpellier – Paul Valéry University) – Deputy Director of the GDR Parcs – Co-founder of the association “Les Artvistes”;
• Florence Trébuchon, allergist – Member of the Air-Health-Climate Collective and ASEF (Association Environnement France).

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