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The Air we Breathe - SEM images.mp4
data archive 411 disk0/00/00/09/21 2023-03-17 17:14:00 2024-03-22 14:51:57 2023-03-17 17:14:00 data_collection show Shi Zongbo Z.Shi@bham.ac.uk 0000-0002-7157-543X Li Weijun liweijun@zju.edu.cn 0000-0003-4887-4260 Davidson Nicholas n.m.davidson@bham.ac.uk Muller Catherine c.l.muller@bham.ac.uk 0000-0002-5176-5949 Bloss William J. w.j.bloss@bham.ac.uk 0000-0002-3017-4461 Bartington Suzanne s.bartington@bham.ac.uk 0000-0002-8179-7618 The Air We Breath 10col_life Air quality, Public Health, West Midlands, Fine particle pollution Mrs Kayla Schulte (University of Oxford) had the original idea for the video. Mrs Laura Milner (University of Birmingham) was involved in curating the video. The company Metaphor (www.metaphor-design.co.uk) contributed to producing/editing the video. Every year, air pollution causes around 28,000-36,000 early deaths in the UK, and around 1,400 in the West Midlands alone. One of the main concerns with poor air quality is the presence of harmful fine particles (PM2.5) in the air. These tiny particles can enter the lungs and bloodstream and are linked to a higher risk of hospital admissions and premature deaths from respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, including asthma, stroke, and lung cancer. Additionally, exposure to fine particle pollution has been associated with declining cognitive ability and an increased risk of dementia. To help illustrate the impact of poor air quality, this video shows electron microscope images of pollutant particles collected from the air around the West Midlands. It also describes how these particles can harm the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. 2022-03-17 published University of Birmingham https://doi.org/10.25500/edata.bham.00000921 Audiovisual research-data@contacts.bham.ac.uk School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences nerc IGI: ID 4069 WM-Air project: NE/S003487/1 yes yes yes TRUE PI Shi Zongbo Z.Shi@bham.ac.uk PM10 samples were collected on polycarbonate filters using MiniVol sampler. The samples were analysed with a Scanning Electron Microscope. West Midlands 2022-02 2022-02