Deep Breath, Deep Dive: Air Quality and Your Health

Most people in Canada are exposed to air pollution every day while inside and outside their homes. Air pollution comes from a variety of sources, and even at low levels, has an impact on human health.

Hosts Megan Beahen and Alex Newman sit down with Angelos Anastasopolos, PhD, Scientist with the Water and Air Quality Bureau at Health Canada. They explore how air quality can affect our health and what we can do about it. 

Learn more:
Air pollution and air quality in Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/env...

Wildfire smoke, air quality and your health: Overview: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/hea...

Outdoor air pollution and health: Overview: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canad...

Traffic and air quality: Driving change through research: https://science.gc.ca/site/science/en...

Breathing easy in port cities: reducing the impact of marine shipping pollution: https://science.gc.ca/site/science/en...

Greater Toronto Hamilton Area Transportation Strategy for air quality: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canad...

Health impacts of traffic-related air pollution in Canada (PDF, 4.2 MB): https://publications.gc.ca/site/archi...

Exposure to traffic-related air pollution in Canada: An assessment of population proximity to roadways (PDF, 2.2 MB): https://publications.gc.ca/site/archi...

Contents of this video
00:00 Introduction
00:52 Disclaimer
01:15 Guest intro/background
06:30 Science of air quality
09:10 Air pollution in Canada
10:50 Effects of air pollution
16:57 Sources of air pollution
19:10 Vehicle pollution
28:00 Climate change
30:20 Health impacts/risks
37:00 What can we do?
47:57 What's exciting about the work?
53:52 Conclusion