First meeting of the South East London Air Quality Community Group held on 16/01/13 at The Biomedical Research Centre, 16th Floor Tower Block, Guy’s Hospital. Orgainised by: Dr Ben Barratt - Senior lecturer in air quality, King's College London Laura Brennan - Patient and Public Involvement Coordinator, NIHR GSTFT/KCL Biomedical Research Centre Sophie Newbound - Population Sciences Cluster Manager, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy's and St Thomas'

1. These slides illustrate the results of a demonstration study carried out by the NIHR GSTFT/KCL
Biomedical Research Centre. Seven members of the public were given personal pollution
monitors (monitoring black carbon, an indicator of combustion, principally diesel vehicle
exhaust) and GPS watches to carry throughout their normal day on 10th December 2012.
The results are presented here to highlight the varying levels of pollution they were exposed to
throughout their day. An accompanying podcast can be heard here:
These
https://soundcloud.com/selaqc/south-east-london-air-quality
(click on the orange ‘play’ icon in the top left corner)
The study was part of the South East London Air Pollution Community Project. For more
information or to join the project, please contact Laura Brannon:
Laura.Brannon@gstt.nhs.uk

5. Toddler walking to/from nursery school

10. School pupil travelling to/from school

11. School Pupil
Office Worker
Pensioner
Nursery Toddler
Morning Travel (1 hour)
Home Worker
Cycle Courier
Ambulance Driver
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
Cumulative black carbon exposure / µg m-3

12. School Pupil
Office Worker
Pensioner
Nursery Toddler
Morning Travel (1 hour)
Daytime Activities (7 hours)
Home Worker
Cycle Courier
Ambulance Driver
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
Cumulative black carbon exposure / µg m-3

13. School Pupil
Office Worker
Pensioner
Nursery Toddler Morning Travel (1 hour)
Daytime Activities (7 hours)
Home Worker Afternoon Travel (1 hour)
Cycle Courier
Ambulance Driver
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
Cumulative black carbon exposure / µg m-3

14. School Pupil
Office Worker
Pensioner
Morning Travel (1 hour)
Nursery Toddler
Daytime Activities (7 hours)
Afternoon Travel (1 hour)
Home Worker
Evening Activities (3 hours)
Cycle Courier
Ambulance Driver
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
Cumulative black carbon exposure / µg m-3

15. School Pupil
Office Worker
Pensioner
Morning Travel (1 hour)
Nursery Toddler Daytime Activities (7 hours)
Afternoon Travel (1 hour)
Home Worker Evening Activities (3 hours)
Bedtime (2 hours)
Cycle Courier
Ambulance Driver
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000
Cumulative black carbon exposure / µg m-3

16. School Pupil 4% 8% 6% 31% 52%
Office Worker 13% 21% 11% 16% 39%
Pensioner 4% 25% 21% 29% 20%
Morning Travel (1 hour)
Nursery Toddler 16% 34% 12% 11% 26% Daytime Activities (8 hours)
Afternoon Travel (1 hour)
Home Worker 4% 18% 2% 61% 16%
Evening Activities (4 hours)
Bedtime (11 hours)
Cycle Courier 7% 48% 4% 11% 30%
Ambulance Driver 6% 49% 3% 9% 33%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Cumulative black carbon exposure / %

17. 3000
2500
Cumulative black carbon exposure / µg m-3
2000 Ambulance Driver
Cycle Courier
1500 Home Worker
Nursery Toddler
1000 Pensioner
Office Worker
500 School Pupil
0
0 60 120 180 240 300 360 420 480 540 600 660 720 780 840 900
Exposure time / minutes