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It shortens the lives of Londoner鈥檚 leading to up to 9,400 extra deaths per year.</li> <li> We still do not fully understand the health effects of air pollution. </li> <li> London is a good place to do air pollution research, and acts as a giant laboratory. </li> <li> Air pollution is well recorded in London, starting in 1993 and now covering about 200 sites. </li> <li> London has a large population and good data on health, movement and population. </li> </ul> <h4>What kind of research is done in London?</h4> <ul> <li> We try out new equipment to measure pollution, for example, new ways to measure particle pollution. </li> <li> We look at the effects of changes in pollution sources to see if polices to clean our air are working.</li> <li> We look at differences in exposure to air pollution and health, for example, the differences between the pollution that your breathe on your bike or on the bus.</li> </ul> <h4>How much research is done in London?</h4> <ul> <li> The London Air Quality Network (LAQN) is run by the <a href="http://www.erg.kcl.ac.uk" target="_blank" title="Environmental Research Group">Environmental Research Group</a> of Imperial College London. </li> <li> The LAQN data allows us to attract research funding and collaboration to answer more questions. </li> <li> ERG is a partner in the <a href="http://www.environment-health.ac.uk/" target="_blank" title="Centre for Environment and Health">MRC PHE Centre for Environment and Health</a> </li> <li> ERG is a partner in the <a href="http://hieh.hpru.nihr.ac.uk/" target="_blank" title="Unit in Health Impact of Environmental Hazards">Health Protection Research Unit in Health Impact of Environmental Hazards</a> </li> <li> The ERG modelling unit uses a model of pollution in London to make predictions of pollution under different choices, for example, predicting the effect of the London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). </li> <li> ERG also has specialist units in policy and personal exposure monitoring. </li> <li> ERG has staff members involved in air pollution advisory bodies like the UK <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/groups/committee-on-the-medical-effects-of-air-pollutants-comeap" target="_blank" title="Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollution">Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollution (COMEAP)</a> and <a href="http://www.who.int/topics/air_pollution/en/" target="_blank" title="WHO">the World Health Organisation (WHO)</a>. These bodies create reports on the latest air pollution research, which in turn influence policy.</li> <li> ERG has about 10 active PhD students doing research into air pollution, and is now running a <a href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught-courses/global-air-quality-management-and-science.aspx" target="_blank" title="Global Air Quality MSc">Global Air Quality: Management and Science MSc</a>.</li> </ul> <h4>What have we learned?</h4> <ul> <li> We now have a proper picture of pollution accross London, and can see that a large area of central London still has an air pollution problem. </li> <li> We can see trends of pollution in London. 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