A debate on Air Pollution and Health ==================================== Speakers: Prof Mike Pilling, Professor Stephen Holgate. Discussants: Prof Robert Maynard, Tony Juniper, Jennie Bristow. Read on for details. Monday 21 June 19:00 - 20:30 (doors open 18:30) The Dana Centre, 165 Queen's Gate, London SW7 5HE Air pollution and health Some blame increases in asthma and allergies on rising levels of air pollution. Others claim that the air we breathe is much cleaner today, especially in comparison to the past, when smog would often settle over cities. How polluted is the air around us? And what's causing a rise in asthma and allergies? SPEAKERS: Professor Mike Pilling, Director of NERC Centres for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) Distributed Institute for Atmospheric Composition Professor Stephen Holgate, Professor of Medicine at the University of Southampton DISCUSSANTS: Tony Juniper, Director, Friends of the Earth. Jennie Bristow, Commissioning Editor, spiked Dr Robert Maynard CBE, Senior Medical Officer, Department of Health To reserve a free ticket e-mail events@the-ba.net or call 020 7019 4940 The debate, hosted by the BA, is part of a series of debates organised by the online publication spiked and supported by the Natural Environment Research Council and the Medical Research Council exploring the relationship between the environment and health.