New air pollution alert episode in the Great East which has been suffering from a rain of fine particles for three days. The anticyclone tackled the pollution on the ground as explained by Jean-Pierre SCHMITT, Atmo Grand Est. Cyril SCHWEITZER, a professor of pneumopeditrie, points out that children are at high risk and that the number of people attending emergencies increases during pollution peaks.
Lyon is known as a polluted city. This pollution is partly due to its economic dynamism. The air index calculated each day makes it possible to assess the content of four main pollutants in the agglomeration. Interview with Frédéric BOUVIER, Director of the Rhône Air Pollution Control Committee, who notes a notable decline in industrial pollution and explains the techniques used to measure pollutants.
Fine particulate air pollution has been installed in the Normandy region for several weeks, and is carefully monitored by specialists as explained by Charles LEGRAND, Assistant Director Air Normand Air Com.
A peak of fine particulate pollution is under way in Clermont Ferrand. Cyril BESSEYRE, Regional Correspondent for Atmo Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, explains this phenomenon. Christophe CAROL, Chief of Staff at the Puy-de-Dôme Prefecture, talks about the measures implemented to reduce these polluting emissions. Emmanuelle VAISSIÈRE, regional epidemiologist cell Public Health France, points out that if these peaks are mediated, particles are present throughout the year in the air.
Report on ozone pollution, a direct consequence of the heat wave in many departments in the country. Even if today in the Ile-de-France the most polluting vehicles were banned from the road, many believe that the State has not taken the necessary measures for such an event. Clothilde NONNEZ, who suffers from bronchopneumonia, has, along with other victims of pollution, filed a complaint against the State because France is violating the European Air Quality Directive. The association "Friends of the Earth" has filed a request with the Conseil d'Etat for France to comply with the regulatory thresholds. Comment on factual images alternating with the testimony of Clothilde NONNEZ and the interview of Maître Louis COFFLARD, lawyer of the NGO Friends of the Earth.