Southampton Air Quality

[Barry the Badger]

Since moving back to Southampton a few years ago I have suffered with much worse athsma than I ever had before. I had simply put this down to the condition developing slightly as I got older.

 

Last year I went to Alderney and didn't use the inhaler at all, which made me think perhaps it's air quality related.

 

But then last week I went on holiday to Paris. I took my inhaler assuming that in a city like that I would be using it pretty regularly. Didn't use it once.

 

Back last night and have already needed the inhaler a couple of times.

 

Is the air quality in Southampton particularly bad? Have there been any published studies of it? I wouldn't have thought it would be worse than Paris. Maybe there's something else that's setting the athsma off but there's definitely a pattern when I go away from Southampton.

[bridge too far]

http://www.southampton.gov.uk/s-environment/pollution/airquality/default.aspx

 

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/8191123.Text_warnings_on_pollution_for_asthma_sufferers/

 

Don't know if these will be of any use / information. I live near Oxford which has a very high level of pollution too.

[Barry the Badger]

That's interesting thanks. I live quite near to the Romsey Road/Winchester Road hotspot identified in that report so I guess that can't help.

 

Tried to find comparative figures for areas of Paris but no luck. Just seems odd to me that I wasn't affected at all over there.

[bridge too far]

Judging by this table, I guess it depends on when you were in Paris. Look at the difference between yesterday and today!

 

http://www.airqualitynow.eu/comparing_home.php

[dronskisaint]

It's fine except when the wind is blowing from the East...