An interdisciplinary approach for air quality assessment: biomonitoring using Tillandsia bergeri and risk perceptions in the environmentally sacrificed province of Chacabuco, Chile.

Awareness of air pollution and the associated environmental and health risks is growing worldwide. In order to answer the socio-environmental challenges posed by climate change, natural resource degradation and industrialization, scientists are advocating more holistic research linking environmental quality and public health. However, few studies have managed to integrate local communities' concerns and knowledge with easy-to-use biomonitoring systems to produce science that contextualises their environment risk.