The Silent Killer: Air Pollution - Q&A - Festival of Debate Spring 2017

Sheffield Friends of the Earth has organised a public talk called The Silent Killer: Air Pollution - Q&A for this spring's Festival of Debate.

An expert panel will be discussing the health risks of air pollution, which is estimated to lead to the premature deaths of 500 people in Sheffield every year, and calculated to cause £160 million in lost working days in the city due to illness.

The expert panel includes:

• Greg Fell - Sheffield's Director of Public Health
• Jane Thomas - former senior campaigner with Friends of the Earth UK
• Natasha Askaroff - Healthy Planet
• Harriet Edwards - British Lung Foundation

Everyone is welcome to attend this free event so please come along and ask your questions about this invisible threat. You must book a ticket via the link here.

The talk will take place on Monday 22nd May from 18.00 - 19.30 in the Raynor Lounge (Level 1) at the University of Sheffield Students' Union. The full address is:

University of Sheffield Students' Union
Raynor Lounge (Level 1)
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TG

To find the Students' Union and transport options see the link here
To view floor plans inside the Student's Union see the link here

Useful Resources and Links

• Sheffield Friends of the Earth Air Pollution Articles 
• Friends of the Earth Air Pollution Map
• Sheffield Council Air Quality Maps
• UK Schools Air Quality Map
• Worldwide Air Quality Map
• Friends of the Earth
• Festival of Debate
• Sheffield Public Health
• British Lung Foundation
• Healthy Planet