A UCC expert is urging people to take note to the air quality before outdoor activities.
Professor of Chemistry at University College Cork John Sodeau says people should be made aware of whether or not they can safely exercise outside without damaging themselves on a cold winter’s evening when many coal, wood and peat fires are being lit.
There has been a collaboration between the council, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the CRACLab over the last two years to construct an air pollutant measurement network in order to inform the public about dangers in the air we breathe.
A Twitter account, @CorkAirQuality, tweets every three hours from 6am to 11pm about the current air quality in Cork City according to purple air monitors installed across the city.
