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CleanAir@School

The CleanAir @ School project is a Citizen Science and environmental education initiative of the EPA Network (the network of European environmental agencies), coordinated by the EEA (European Environment Agency).
The coordinator of the project for Italy is ISPRA (Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research), which participates together with the SNPA (National System for Environmental Protection) agencies participating in the initiative 

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Pulvirus

The project was created in the midst of the covid-19 emergency but looks far ahead, preparing the country for new pandemic situations, trying to understand: the link between air pollution and the spread of the pandemic, if the PM can carry out an action of transport of a virus, whether the toxic chemical compounds that make up the PM can inactivate the virus and whether the bio-aerosol can transport viable viral particles over long distances, as well as the effects of "lockdown" on atmospheric concentrations of pollutants and greenhouse gases.