BRUSSELS Authentic Jean Segura Jersey , Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) has launched a mobile app called AirProbe to help the public track how much ozone, black carbon and other pollutants they are exposed to, according to an official statement issued on Thursday.


Partners from Belgium, Germany, Italy and Britain have developed this system to increase people’s awareness of their environment. More than 300 people in Antwerp, Kassel Authentic Jarrod Dyson Jersey , Turin and London participated in the first tests.


The AirProbe app works together with a small battery-operated sensor box which connects to the phone via Bluetooth and can be easily carried by the users when they are out cycling or walking.


"Thanks to new technologies we are now firmly in the era of citizen science where everyone can create, collect and share data for the common good," European Commission Vice President and Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes said.


Another app named WideNoise which measures noise levels has already been used by more than 10,000 people and was at the centre of a study around Heathrow airport in London.


Data collected is available to all, citizens, authorities and scientists Authentic Ichiro Suzuki Jersey , so that they get a better picture of the environment.


Air pollution has been one of Europe's main political concerns since the late 1970s. Vehicles, industry, agriculture and homes are contributing to air pollution in Europe.


Despite falling emission levels and reduction of some air pollutant concentrations in recent decades, Europe's air pollution problem is far from solved.


Around 90 percent of city dwellers in the EU are exposed to one of the most damaging air pollutants at levels deemed harmful to health by the World Health Organization,according to a report published by European Environment Agency last year.



KIEV, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- A feeling of political uncertainty still haunted Ukrainians Sunday Authentic Hisashi Iwakuma Jersey , although the country's lawmakers ousted President Viktor Yanukovych and appointed the parliament's speaker as interim president following more than three months of violent protests.


Earlier in the day, Ukrainian lawmakers voted to hand over the duties of president to Oleksandr Turchynov in accordance with the country's newly-established constitution.


The parliament's move came one day after the lawmakers ousted Yanukovych from his post and set early elections for May 25.


Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, a bitter rival of Yanukovych, also came back to the spotlight as she turned herself up Saturday on the Independence Square and addressed anti-government protesters, soon after she was freed from jail.


The dramatic changes could not only be a turning point, but also fuel fears of more domestic conflicts and an eventual breakup for the East European country Authentic Felix Hernandez Jersey , which is deeply divided between east regions that are largely pro-Russian and west areas that widely detest Yanukovych and long for closer ties with the European Union.


On the Independence Square, where dozens of people were killed this week in clashes between demonstrators and security forces, residents laid flowers on shrines to the victims, some crying as they looked at their photos or at shields dotted with bullet holes.


On Sunday morning, thousands of people listened to speeches and prayers for last week's victims. Men were still wandering around with clubs in hand and wearing homemade body armour, helmets and in some cases ski masks and camouflage fatigues.


The Kiev transportation system resumed work Sunday. People lined up at metro entrances and bus stations to reach the Independence Square.


On No. 16 bus Authentic Edgar Martinez Jersey , 60-year-old Vladimir said his son had been injured in recent clashes and was hospitalized. "I've come to mourn his dead fellows," he said.


Knowing Yanukovych has left Kiev, the retired engineer said: "He should be brought to justice and imprisoned."


Alexandr, a college student majored in law, said he has been watching the situation closely.


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Inside the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine, right beside the Independence Square, several middle aged women were cleaning up the marble stairs while a young lady was playing the piano on the second floor, where dozens of protesters were camping.


Elena, a high school teacher Authentic Carlos Ruiz Jersey , told Xinhua that Ukraine has just made the very first step toward democracy. As for the early presidential elections, she said: "The only person now I can think of is Tymoshenko."


Meanwhile, tensions reportedly mounted in the Black Sea area of Crimea, officially an autonomous republic of Ukraine, where pro-Russian politicians are organizing rallies and forming protest units and have been demanding autonomy from Kiev.


With pro-EU protesters still controlling central Kiev, and with crowds on the streets in other towns and cities Ryon Healy Jersey , parliament is under pressure to demonstrate its authority across the nation and to calm fears of a split with pro-Russian regional leaders in the fallen president's east political base.


"In these days the most important thing is to form a functioning government," Vitaly Klitschko, an opposition leader and former world boxing champion, told reporters.


"We have to take very important steps in order to ensure the survival of the economy, which is in a very bad shape," he said.


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"We'll stay here to the very end," said a man who only gave his first name as Bohdan. "We will be here till there's a new president. We want to be the masters of our own homeland."


Another man said there were separatists who might divide the country. "There are people who want to split the country into two. We will not allow this to happen. We will go wherever we have t.