How high is air pollution in your city and how does it compare to the most polluted cities in the world?
We really do need a better standard of debate than this. I put my postcode into the “ready reckoner” offered by this article. I live in a settlement of 180 people 10 miles from the nearest town and I was told that according to 2010 data I was in an area (West Lindsey District as a whole!) in the top 40% of “cities” characterized by pollution related deaths! The article goes on to say
Pollution is a greater global threat than Ebola and HIV, according to warnings by the World Health Organisation.
According to its recent report, one in four deaths among children aged under five are now due to environmental hazards such as air pollution and contaminated water.
Previously this year, air pollution levels in London were worse than those in Beijing for a brief period – with the UK capital’s pollutants frequently breaking UK limits.
Now, the UK Government plans to tackle such dangers by banning diesel and petrol cars by 2040.