This new product will greatly help those with pollen allergies in Tarn.

It’s kind of big box Quite simple, with few electronics. But it could make life easier for many residents. Albie (Tarn). Pollen catcher has just been installed in the Tarn Prefecture.

We owe this installation Leaf-Air, French leader in real-time pollen measurement. This way, allergy sufferers will have access to hyperlocal, real-time and real-time pollen information.

Count and identify different pollens.

The sensor installed in Albi is capable of measuring, counting and identifying different pollen present in the air it inhales. The data is then transferred directly to the Live Pollen app. available free of charge in stores. This way, allergy sufferers have an accurate and up-to-date understanding of the pollen in their immediate environment.

Connected people can receive personalized alerts depending on the pollen that bothers them, write down their feelings in a diary to enrich dialogue with medical workersbenefit from Tips and tricks to better understand allergies and tailor your treatment accordingly.

Several agglomerations have already been equipped in Occitania

The company, founded in 2018, estimates that if this first sensor is enough to provide the first level of information, several should be installed. “Pollen emissions have a very local component,” explains Johann Lautier, co-founder of Lify-Air. . “The grains typically fall between 1 and 10 kilometers around the emission source.” Thus, if a young company sets up an initial network in major cities in France, it encourages communities to actively participate in the fight against pollen allergies and join the fifty territories already equipped with ultralocal networks.

This system has already been implemented in at least two other cities in Occitania: Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees (Hautes-Pyrenees) and Grande-Narbonne (Aude).

Remember that according to the World Health Organization, 30% of the French population suffers from allergiesand 50% will be affected by 2050.

Average risk in Tarn at the moment

Currently in Tarn “pollen grass and oak replace birch pollen and are increasingly present in air with an average allergy risk,” according to the Aerobiological Surveillance Network.

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