Thought my house would be well below average, but no, 62nd centile. Guess it’s the diesel trains nearby.
Have they really tested the air outside every house in the country?
One end of my postcode is in the 80th percentile, the other is in the 95th, 100 yards down the same road.
Either way the air is shit.
Edit. also has anyone got a link to the actual map?
31st percentile, lucky me?
I read the faq, but I’m not totally sure about the house accuracy, given the number of monitoring stations it used, but certainly highlights what everyone knows of air pollution.
I live in the countryside so I assumed mine would be pretty good but PM2.5 is 8.49mcg/m3, PM10 at this address is 14.47mcg/m3, N02 at this address is 8.93mcg/m3. It’s below the average on N02 and PM10 but above average on PM2.5.
10th percentile.
Above the “legal” limit in 2 parts but not the other.
Kinda daft having a legal limit if there is no recourse from it being broken.
WTF
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>At this address, the annual average of the pollutant PM2.5 is 10.18mcg/m3. The World Health Organization limit is 5mcg/m3.
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>The reading for PM10 at this address is 17.12mcg/m3. The limit is 15mcg/m3.
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>The reading for N02 at this address is 12.75mcg/m3. The limit is 10mcg/m3.
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>This address is in the 42nd national percentile
Might have to move **into** a city for health reasons…
Thought mine would be low living in a small town but says 80th percentile…
Huh, 76th percentile. Small town. We are close to some main roads (shortest distance is about 0.3 miles away) and we are close to a flight path with planes coming in to land (or taking off) from the nearby private airport.
Why do they want my actual address? It’s not like postcodes are very big. Also I don’t think there are enough sensors.
>This address is in the 92nd national percentile
So this might help explain why I have a persistent cough lol
I’m in the 98th percentile. I hate living in London and really want to leave.
Well damn, I’m in the 92nd percentile. That is a surprise. Right by the coast in a small town so I always presumed it would be better than inland in the big cities.
Well thank you so much for this award, Very High Air Pollution, Exceeds three W.H.O. limits, 95th percentile. I won’t say it was unexpected but I must say I’m choked up and I’d like to thank everyone who contributed.
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Thought my house would be well below average, but no, 62nd centile. Guess it’s the diesel trains nearby.
Have they really tested the air outside every house in the country?
One end of my postcode is in the 80th percentile, the other is in the 95th, 100 yards down the same road.
Either way the air is shit.
Edit. also has anyone got a link to the actual map?
31st percentile, lucky me?
I read the faq, but I’m not totally sure about the house accuracy, given the number of monitoring stations it used, but certainly highlights what everyone knows of air pollution.
The Guardian has a good article on this:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/28/dirty-air-affects-97-of-uk-homes-data-shows
Here’s the [Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/28/dirty-air-affects-97-of-uk-homes-data-shows) article about the data.
I live in the countryside so I assumed mine would be pretty good but PM2.5 is 8.49mcg/m3, PM10 at this address is 14.47mcg/m3, N02 at this address is 8.93mcg/m3. It’s below the average on N02 and PM10 but above average on PM2.5.
10th percentile.
Above the “legal” limit in 2 parts but not the other.
Kinda daft having a legal limit if there is no recourse from it being broken.
WTF
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>At this address, the annual average of the pollutant PM2.5 is 10.18mcg/m3. The World Health Organization limit is 5mcg/m3.
>
>The reading for PM10 at this address is 17.12mcg/m3. The limit is 15mcg/m3.
>
>The reading for N02 at this address is 12.75mcg/m3. The limit is 10mcg/m3.
>
>This address is in the 42nd national percentile
Might have to move **into** a city for health reasons…
Thought mine would be low living in a small town but says 80th percentile…
Huh, 76th percentile. Small town. We are close to some main roads (shortest distance is about 0.3 miles away) and we are close to a flight path with planes coming in to land (or taking off) from the nearby private airport.
Why do they want my actual address? It’s not like postcodes are very big. Also I don’t think there are enough sensors.
>This address is in the 92nd national percentile
So this might help explain why I have a persistent cough lol
I’m in the 98th percentile. I hate living in London and really want to leave.
Well damn, I’m in the 92nd percentile. That is a surprise. Right by the coast in a small town so I always presumed it would be better than inland in the big cities.
Well thank you so much for this award, Very High Air Pollution, Exceeds three W.H.O. limits, 95th percentile. I won’t say it was unexpected but I must say I’m choked up and I’d like to thank everyone who contributed.
PM2.5: 2.5 x limit
PM10: 1.3 x limit
NO2: 3.3 x limit