The article focuses on air pollution and how people can decrease the amount of toxic air to which they are exposed. Dr Ben Barratt, King's College London, said: ‘There is a growing awareness of the dangers of air pollution. As well as respiratory problems, it can have effects on mental health, cardiovascular conditions and child development. So the urgency behind this issue is becoming much greater.’

Dr Mireille Toledano provides comments for an article in the Independent titled "Is there a place on your body that you shouldn't put your phone?"

The Non-Communicable Disease Forum at Imperial College held on 19th November 2015 was led by Imperial’s Dr John Gulliver and heard from members of the NIHR HPRU HIEH and MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health. 

Professor Frank Kelly talked about air pollution challenges in mega cities and Dr Sean Beevers discussed the London Hybrid Exposure Model. 

Watch the full recording here.

An exercise by Ben Barratt of King's College London, the Healthy Air Campaign, and Camden council used members of the public to track exposure to air pollution in London.  See video for details.

Professor Frank Kelly and Drs Ian Mudway and Ben Barratt contribute to an article in The Guardian by John Vidal titled "All choked up: did Britain's dirty air make me dangerously ill?" 

Dr Heather Walton contributes to an article in VICE titled "London Smog: Just How Bad Is the Air in the UK Capital?"

Another example of public engagement by HPRU members  - An article by Dr James Rubin and Professor Sir Simon Wessely, Department of Psycholocial Medicine on Non-ionising radiation, published in The Guardian online.

Click on "Read more about this media item" below to hear Dr Anna Hansell discussing how noise can affect health.

Professor Frank Kelly discusses the impact of atmospheric pollution on human health at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) as part of the 21st Century Challenges discussion 'Air quality for all' on 30 October 2014.