Testing citizen exposure to air pollution in Europe’s cities

An EU funded project to test the exposure to air pollution in cities has completed an initial pilot phase in Portugal. ’People’ project involved 500 volunteers wearing special equipment to monitor their personal exposure to the carcinogenic pollutant benzene as they went about their ordinary daily routines. The project is linked to the implementation of Directive 2000/69/EC on air pollution by benzene. The second stage of the project will involve volunteer citizens wearing monitoring devices in many other EU and Accession country cities. For more information visit the People project website