Low-cost sensor technology is revolutionising the way experts identify and manage sources of air pollution, offering a powerful, affordable tool for improving public health and environmental policy worldwide, a new study reveals.
Low-cost sensor technology is revolutionising the way experts identify and manage sources of air pollution, offering a powerful, affordable tool for improving public health and environmental policy worldwide, a new study reveals.
Researchers discovered that Low-Cost Source Apportionment (LoCoSA) is already being used to great effect across the Global South.
The scientists are now putting their findings into practice in Uganda, through a collaborative effort with the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP) and funded by UK International Development from the UK Government through the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). This study is conducted as part of the Environmental Pollution Programme (EPP), feeding into Uganda’s Health and Pollution Action Plan (HPAP).
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University of Birmingham and Air team members installing monitors at Makerere University Meteorological Station (Photo Credit: University of Birmingham)
