Air pollution causes 3m lost working days per year in UK, says CBI

Analysis finds work absences related to poor air are costing Britain about ?600m annually Polluted air in the UK causes 3m working days to be lost every year owing to people getting sick or taking time off to care for sick children, new research suggests.Cutting air pollution and meeting the World Health Organization standards would benefit the economy by about ?1.6bn a year, by improving productivity, according to the analysis carried out by the CBI. About 17,000 premature deaths of working age people each year would be prevented by meeting the guidelines. Continue reading...