Quick guide to air pollution
Known health and other impacts of air pollution have risen much faster than levels of air pollution have fallen 1. How bad is air pollution in London? London has the highest levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution of any capital city in Europe. Concentrations of dangerous airborne particles (PM10) also breach legal limits in ... Read more
Most-read stories of 2012
A look back at the media releases and campaign letters that proved the most popular in 2012. January ‘Clean Air in London’ lodges complaint over breaches of air pollution laws in London https://cleanair.london/legal/clean-air-in-london-lodges-complaint-over-breaches-of-air-pollution-laws-in-london/ Guide to health impacts: ‘Invisible’ air pollution is the biggest public health failing or ‘cover-up’ for decades https://cleanair.london/health/guide-to-health-impacts-invisible-air-pollution-is-the-biggest-public-health-failing-or-cover-up-for-decades/ Smog could affect athletes ... Read more
Mayor releases 750 pages of details about his lobbying to weaken air pollution laws
Mayor releases first tranche of information about his lobbying to weaken air pollution laws Information reveals lobbying on an industrial scale to influence hundreds of organisations and individuals across Europe. It would have caused a scandal if released before the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Mayor might have lost the last election if Londoners had known ... Read more
Mayor caught lobbying to weaken international air pollution laws
Mayor of London is lobbying for ‘flexibility’ in possible new laws and hiding his communications with 11 other European cities and regions in the lobbying group BBC investigation discovers the Mayor’s partners include the some of the most polluted areas of Europe and the controversial ‘Lega Nord’ political party The BBC Sunday Politics London show today ... Read more
Government systematically hiding smog episodes 60 years after the ‘Great Smog’
Government hid a number of ‘High’ air pollution events during the Olympics and Paralympic Games. Endurance athletes may have been affected. Government also hid a ‘High’ pollution episode in parts of the UK just days before the 60th anniversary of the Great Smog Top scientists from ClearfLo have confirmed that a number of ‘High’ pollution ... Read more
Defra ‘systematically hiding’ information about dangerous air pollutants
Response to Defra consultation on statistical releases on (i) emissions of air pollutants and (ii) air quality statistics I am writing on behalf of Clean Air in London (CAL) to respond to the informal consultation by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on ‘Streamlining statistical releases on (i) emissions of air pollutants ... Read more
Boroughs should consider urgently declaring new Air Quality Management Areas
Clean Air in London considers Brent, Bromley, Hillingdon, Lewisham, Newham and Sutton should consider urgently declaring Air Quality Management Areas or extending existing ones The Greater London Authority (GLA) has released details of Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) in London after a request from Clean Air in London (CAL) under the Environmental Information Regulations. In ... Read more
Mayor used the Pollution Suppressor to save himself not others
Mayor targeted the use of pollution suppressants at sites estimated, through computer modelling and monitoring, to have the highest daily levels of dangerous airborne particles i.e. the worst legal exposures not the worst population exposures Pollution suppressants were used every day during the Olympic and Paralympic Games at locations expected to show increases in emissions. ... Read more
Building public understanding of air pollution
Presentations at Masterclass at Public Service Events conference titled ‘Public health: an update and way forward’ on 24 October 2012. See: http://www.publicserviceevents.co.uk/masterclass-client/224/public-health/4279 Simon Birkett, Founder and Director of Clean Air in London, on ‘Building public understanding of air pollution’ CAL 210 Presentation to PSE 241012_SMB final as presented Dr Gary Fuller, King’s College London, on ... Read more
Few local authorities know if their schools use air filters that protect children
Updated 24 November 2012 Air filtration in public buildings in London Few local authorities know if their buildings use regularly maintained air filters that comply with indoor air quality standard EN 13779, particularly schools Summary and recommendations Indoor air quality (IAQ) can be worse than outdoor (or ambient) air quality (AAQ) due to the many ... Read more
Directors of Public Health and Health and Wellbeing Boards urged to act on air pollution
OPEN LETTER Dear Directors of Public Health and members of Health and Wellbeing Boards ‘Invisible’ air pollution is the biggest public health risk after smoking ‘Clean Air in London’ urges you to: ensure your Joint Strategic Needs Assessment considers air pollution; and prioritise measures to address air pollution in your Health and Wellbeing Strategy ‘Clean ... Read more
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