Posts Tagged ‘air pollution’
Pollution deaths are the equivalent of three jumbo jets crashing every hour
Each year, an estimated 12.6 million people die from pollution, according to the UN’s World Health Organization. Read article.
Read MorePollution causing more deaths worldwide than war or smoking
At least 9 million premature deaths were caused by diseases from toxic emissions. Read article.
Read MoreLondon reaches legal air pollution limit just one month into the new year
Timing is a significant improvement, due in part to mayor’s measures, but campaigners say national government must ‘get a grip’ on toxic air. Read article.
Read MoreLondon schools to be alerted on high air pollution days
Schools will receive an alert every time air pollution is high enough to pose an acute health risk, under new plans announced by Sadiq Khan. Read article.
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