A new app launched today by King’s College London and the British Safety Council provides outdoor workers, and their employers, with crucial information about their exposure to air pollution.
A new app launched today by King’s College London and the British Safety Council provides outdoor workers, and their employers, with crucial information about their exposure to air pollution.
Canairy draws on the London Air Quality Network (LAQN) pollution map at King’s and the worker’s GPS to calculate a user’s exposure to pollution on an hourly basis. Once this exposure exceeds the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) limits for the concentration of nitrogen dioxide, particulates and ozone, the app notifies the user and suggests tips to reduce their exposure, including working away from traffic, reducing strenuous work or putting up a screen barrier.
As well as their workers, employers will be able to access this anonymised exposure data and use it to inform how they schedule work for them to avoid the worst levels of toxic air.
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