NEWS: BBC News October 21, 2019
“AIR POLLUTION 'TRIGGERS HUNDREDS MORE HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES’
Higher air pollution in the UK trigger hundreds more heart attacks, strokes and acute asthma attacks each year, research suggests. A team at King's College London looked at data from several major cities….. It points to significant short-term health risks caused by air pollution, on top of contributing to almost 500,000 premature deaths in Europe every year.
NHS England boss Simon Stevens said it was evidence of "a health emergency".
"It's clear that the climate emergency is in fact also a health emergency….Since these avoidable deaths are happening now - not in 2025 or 2050 - together we need to act now."
UK100 director Polly Billington said: "Local government needs additional powers and resources to address this public health crisis."
DEFRA said it was "taking urgent action to improve air quality and tackle pollution" and that new legislation will "increase local powers to address key sources of air pollution". "We are already working hard to reduce transport emissions and are investing £3.5 billion to clean up our air."
You can read more here.
Time and again we are told that air pollution kills. The Expressway plans will not ease congestion, so how can they not lead to more deaths? And how do on earth do they fit with DEFRA’s plans?
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