Stock image READING is among the most polluted areas in the UK, with residents exposed to levels above the safe limit recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), figures reveal. Health campaigners say toxic air quality in the UK is a national emergency and the government must impose stricter limits on fine particles in the air (PM2.5), which come mainly from the burning of oil, gas and diesel. The calls have been heightened after a coroner, while ruling that air pollution was a cause of the death of a nine-year-old girl in London, said there was no safe level of PM2.5, adding WHO guidelines should be seen as minimum requirements .
AIR pollution in Barrow has fallen to its lowest level in a decade, figures reveal. Climate campaigners say the improvement in air quality has been helped by continuing investment in cycling and walking as well as the transition to zero-emission cars with new petrol cars to be banned from sale by 2030. Yet there are still areas across the UK where toxic pollution has led to health charities calling on the Government to impose stricter limits on fine particulate in the air (PM2.5), which come mainly from the burning of oil, gas and diesel. Figures from the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs show the average concentration of PM2.5 pollution particles in Barrow was 6.7 micrograms per cubic metre in 2019 - below the UK limit of 25, and the World Health Organisation guideline limit of 10.
Southeast London is among the most polluted areas in the UK, with residents exposed to levels above the safe limit recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), figures reveal. Health campaigners say toxic air quality in the UK is a national emergency and the Government must impose stricter limits on fine particles in the air (PM2.5), which come mainly from the burning of oil, gas and diesel. The calls have been heightened after a coroner, while ruling that air pollution was a cause of the death nine-year-old Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah in Lewisham, said there was no safe level of PM2.5, adding WHO guidelines should be seen as minimum requirements .
Air pollution in the Cotswolds has fallen to its lowest level in a decade, figures reveal. Climate campaigners say the improvement in air quality has been helped by continuing investment in cycling and walking as well as the transition to zero-emission cars with new petrol cars to be banned from sale by 2030. Yet there are still areas across the UK where toxic pollution has led to health charities calling on the Government to impose stricter limits on fine particles in the air (PM2.5), which come mainly from the burning of oil, gas and diesel. Figures from the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs show the average concentration of PM2.5 pollution particles in the Cotswolds was 8.4 micrograms per cubic metre in 2019 - below the UK limit of 25, and the World Health Organisation guideline limit of 10.