How do you know if the air quality is good in Ile-de-France?

There is an essential source of information to know the air quality in real time in Ile-de-France: Air Purif. This is the air quality observatory in Ile-de-France.

When you go to the site you have a global vision of the region with a vision by pollutant.

– Ozone

– Nitrogen Dioxide

– Particles,

– Fine particles

– But also Pollen if you are sensitive to it

And on the home page, you can geolocate yourself. It's very interesting because air pollution is not homogeneous, it depends on the atmosphere, the humidity level of the air, the winds, the rain…vehicle traffic too of course and this can change within a few dozen meters…

On the Airparif website, there are the forecasts for the day and those for the next day too?

Yes, every day at 11:30 a.m. the next day's bulletin is published with a little teaser that sets the scene. They call it “the forecaster’s word.”

Yesterday for example: The weather conditions were favorable for the dispersion of pollutants emitted in the region. Air quality will be good to average in Île-de-France.

For today: Weather conditions will remain favorable for the dispersion of pollutants emitted locally. Air quality will be good to average in the Île-de-France region.

So it's not too bad!

It's a global vision and if you want to go into detail there is a complete bulletin each time.

So this is the solution to being well informed, and we must remember that it is important to adapt certain activities when the air is polluted..?

Yes it is very important. Especially since we have to manage two injunctions. On the one hand, exercising daily physical activity is excellent for your health: reduction of cardiovascular risks, diabetes, cancers…it is also good for morale.

But doing even moderate sport when there is a peak in pollution is really not good: the quantity of air inspired is eight times greater when you do sport…On the other hand, the benefit exceeds the risk in normal times even if the air is a little polluted.

And then with the AirParif site or application, you can adapt your sports trips to try to avoid being too exposed.

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