This week there have been reports air pollution in cities is causing ill health and even deaths.
A report by by King’s and UK100, a network of local leaders, shows that hundreds of children and adults are suffering out-of-hospital provides evidence of heart attacks , asthma attacks and strokes on days when air pollution levels are higher in nine major cities across England. It forms part of the
Personalising The Health Impacts Of Air Pollution projectIndeed this week Aa recent study commissioned by the London Mayor found that children walking to school by major roads were exposed to high levels of air pollution
Other sources on air pollution in London Include:
City of London reports on air quality. Includes a strategy and monitoring reports.
London Councils has reports on projects in individual London boroughs. they also have this useful report on demystifying air pollution in London
Londonair is the website of the London Air Quality Network (LAQN), and shows air pollution in London and south east England. It is run the Environmental Research Group of King's College London. It has a live update of air quality in London now as well as data and cumulative reports.
In the UK as a whole, a 2016 report published by the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, discussed the lifelong impact of air pollution found Each year in the UK, around 40,000 deaths are attributable to exposure to outdoor air pollution
on a worldwide scale the WHO has a global Ambient Air quality database
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