Nearly 40 million people live in UK areas with illegal air pollution

Exclusive: analysis commissioned by Labour reveals 59% of Britons live in areas where diesel pollution threatens healthNearly 40 million people in the UK are living in areas where illegal levels of air pollution from diesel vehicles risk damaging their health, according to analysis commissioned by the Labour party.The extent of the air pollution crisis nationally is exposed in the data which shows 59% of the population are living in towns and cities where nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution breaches the lawful level of 40 microgrammes per cubic metre of air. Continue reading...