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A recent report by the Royal College of Physicians in the UK [1] has highlighted the pressing need for action on air quality, both in terms of awareness and education, and in order to try and take active measures to reduce pollution levels.
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Acknowledgements
The following individuals who were part of the work on “How to explain the risk of air pollution to public patients and policy makers” are thanked by the authors for their contribution to the workshop and, hence, this editorial, and include: Bert Brunekreef (Chair of the ERS Environment and Health Committee), Jonathan Grigg (Secretary of ERS Paediatrics Assembly), Steven Wibberley (British Lung Foundation), Christine Strouss (Longfonds), Karin Lisspers (Chair of ELF Professional Advisory Committee), Luc Int Panis (VITO, Mol, Belgium), Nadia Vilahur (World Health Organization), Stephen Holgate (Chair of the ERS Science Council), Louise Duprez (European Environmental Bureau, Brussels, Belgium), Anne Stauffer (Health and Environment Alliance, Brussels), Nino Kuenzli (ERS Environment and Health committee), Francesco Forastiere (ERS Environment and Health committee), Christina Gratziou (ERS Advocacy Chair), Isabella Annesi-Maesano (ERS Environment and Health committee), Indre Butiene (ERS Environment and Health committee), Pippa Powell (ELF staff), Emma Thompson (ELF staff), Marine Faure (ERS staff) and Brian Ward (ERS staff).
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Conflict of interest P. Powell is an employee of the European Lung Foundation.
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