University of Brighton's air quality station starts work

The monitoring station cost £250,000 to build

An advanced air quality monitoring station dedicated to the detection of harmful nano-sized particles has begun work in Brighton.

It will be used by the University of Brighton to investigate a range of modern day air pollutants including so called "ultrafine particles".

These are said to be capable of penetrating deep inside the human body.

The station was opened by Brighton's Green MP Caroline Lucas earlier.

She said: "One of the lessons I have learned is that although air pollution quite often is invisible it really is a massive problem.

"It is responsible for literally thousands of premature deaths."

The station is based at the university's Falmer campus.