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Tag Archives: Nottingham
Living near busy road stunts children’s lung growth, study says
Research reveals that living in proximity of traffic increases risk of lung cancer by 10% Living near a busy road stunts lung growth in children and increases the risk of lung cancer, research has revealed. The analysis by King’s College … Continue reading
Scores more heart attacks and strokes on high pollution days, figures show
Data reveals acute impact on people’s health and the strain it puts on emergency services Scores of children and adults are being rushed to hospital for emergency treatment on days of high pollution in cities across England, figures show. Each … Continue reading
‘The car is ingrained into people here’: West Midlands faces air pollution crisis
Region contains five of top 10 hotspots outside London for dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide pollution The West Midlands is one of the worst hit areas outside the capital for illegal levels of nitrogen dioxide pollution but many don’t seem … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Europe, UK
Tagged Air Pollution, Birmingham, Derby, diesel exhaust fumes, Leeds, Nitrogen Dioxide NO2, Nottingham, Southampton, UK
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Revealed: thousands of children at London schools breathe toxic air
Exclusive: 802 schools, nurseries and colleges are in areas where levels of nitrogen dioxide breach EU legal limits Tens of thousands of children at more than 800 schools, nurseries and colleges in London are being exposed to illegal levels of … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Europe, London, UK
Tagged Air Pollution, Birmingham, Derby, Leeds, London, London Mayor, Nitrogen Dioxide NO2, Nottingham, NOx, Sadiq Khan, UK, Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ)
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Glasgow breaches WHO air pollution safety levels
Glasgow has been named among 11 urban areas in the UK and Ireland which have breached air pollution safety levels. The city featured in the data published by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The health body warned poor air quality … Continue reading
MPs: UK air pollution is a ‘public health emergency’
Cross-party committee of MPs says the government needs to do much more to tackle the crisis, including a scrappage scheme for dirty old diesel cars Air pollution in the UK is a “public health emergency”, according to a cross-party committee … Continue reading
Law firm in new legal threat over UK air pollution
The UK government has been warned to drastically reduce air pollution or face renewed legal action. In April the Supreme Court ruled an immediate plan was needed after the UK breached EU limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). The government said … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Europe, London, UK
Tagged Air Pollution, Birmingham, Clean Air Zones, Derby, diesel exhaust fumes, EU, Leeds, London, Nitrogen Dioxide NO2, Nottingham, Southampton, UK
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The deadly toll of city smog
In mid-January 2016 a three-day smog covered London, Nottingham, Leicester and Birmingham. January used to be a peak month for pea-souper smogs. Between 1952 and 1962 these killed nearly 15,000 Londoners and many people in other cities including Glasgow and … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Europe, London, UK
Tagged Air Pollution, Birmingham, Clean Air Act 1956, Glasgow, Leicester, London, Manchester, Nitrogen Dioxide NO2, Nottingham, Smog, UK
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