Air pollution could be measured on every street corner
Air pollution is responsible for 550,000 premature deaths a year in Europe – and 7 million worldwide, according to the WHO. Measuring it can be a challenge, however, as the equipment tends to be large...Read more
UK city planners urged to protect children from pollution
In the UK, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has advised planning authorities to prevent developers from building schools, nurseries and homes in areas with high levels of pollution. This will help...Read more
London air pollution is restricting children’s lung development – new research
Air pollution is known to contribute to early deaths from respiratory and cardiovascular disease. There is also mounting evidence to show that breathing polluted air increases the risk of dementia. Children are vulnerable, too: exposure...Read more
Air pollution’s devastating impact on children’s health
Every day around a staggering 93% of the world’s children under the age of 15 years breathes air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk. This is according to...Read more
Children are 37% more exposed to air pollution than adults
Air pollution is costly. A recent European Court of Auditors (ECA) report estimates the EU spends between 330 and 940 billion euros per year on health-related costs of air pollution. New research shows that children are 37% more...Read more
‘Toxic school run’ threatens health of London children
Schoolchildren in London are exposed to more than 60 per cent of their daily air pollution intake during the school run and while at school, suggests new research. UNICEF UK has warned that dropping off and picking...Read more
Air pollution is killing children in African cities
Far fewer infants in sub-Saharan African cities would die through pollution if just small changes like using cleaner fuels were made to air quality, says a new study. Researchers from Stanford University and the University of California,...Read more
Cities ‘must act’ to help cut 350,000 annual child road deaths
Governments and city leaders are being urged to act on a report which says road traffic accidents and air pollution are killing over 350,000 children globally every year. Countries around the world are aware of the...Read more
Global initiative calls for safer streets and cleaner air for children
A major international conference, ‘Every Journey, Every Child’ at London’s City Hall last month called for urgent action by government, industry and international agencies to tackle ‘the needless deaths of thousands of children worldwide due to...Read more
Britons ‘support car-free city centres’
A new survey by Volvo has found that more than half of all UK adults would be happy to tolerate only public transport being allowed in their nearest city if it meant air quality could be...Read more
Illegal pollution affects ‘many 1000s of UK children’
The Guardian reports that hundreds of thousands of children are being exposed to illegal levels of damaging air pollution from diesel vehicles at schools and nurseries across England and Wales, as revealed by its joint...Read more
London Mayor calls for school car ban
The Mayor of London has called for cars to be banned from roads near schools in order to reduce air pollution. Adrian Voce reports. The Mayor of London, Labour’s Sadiq Khan, has called for cars to be...Read more
Pollution causes quarter of young child deaths, says WHO
Toxic air, unsafe water and and lack of sanitation cause the deaths of 1.7 million under-fives every year according to new WHO research, as reported by the Guardian Pollution is responsible for one in four deaths among...Read more