Campaign #BetterSafe
“I almost died. I was rushed to hospital with an asthma attack and respiratory failure and my cardiologist diagnosed me with pericarditis” because of air pollution, says Clotilde.
That’s when I realised that something had to be done. Somebody needed to talk about the harmful health effects of pollution.
Do you live in Brussels and do you, or does someone close to you, suffer physically from air pollution? Tell us your story!
Why share your story?
Air pollution kills hundreds of people in Brussels every year by triggering or aggravating many respiratory (asthma, chronic bronchitis) and cardiovascular (hypertension, strokes) diseases.
Although some people have shared their stories, like Clotilde Nonnez above or Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah here, the harmful health effects of air pollution are still unknown to many citizens.
It is therefore essential to increase and promote the number of people sharing their stories and, through the use of concrete examples, talk about the significant effect that poor air quality can have on our health.
The more voices are heard, the faster measures can be taken to enable us to breathe clean air.
Who can share his/her story?
We are looking for people living in Brussels whose health has been significantly affected by air pollution.
For example, if you or your child has had to go to A&E because of an asthma attack, bronchitis or pneumonia that occurred at the same time as a pollution peak. Here are some dates where pollution was particularly high in Brussels:
7 décembre 2020
27 novembre 2020
22 septembre 2020
16 septembre 2020
13 août 2020
24 avril 2020
19 avril 2020
26 juin 2019
19 mai 2019
2 mai 2019
17 avril 2019
09 avril 2019
08 avril 2019
31 mars 2019
23 mars 2019
1er mars 2019
28 février 2019
If you have a chronic disease that was probably caused or aggravated by air pollution, we are also interested in hearing from you!
How can you share your story?
All you need to do is fill out this form before January 17th. We will suggest that some people do an interview (unfortunately we will not be able to select them all) so that we can make a video portrait. The other testimonials will be published, with your consent, in the form of photo portraits on our social media sites.
We promise not to share your information without your prior agreement.