Rashes, migraines, asthma: families hit out at London gasworks redevelopment

Parents fear lack of pollution regulation on Southall brownfield site is putting children's health at riskThe right primary school for three-year-old Ranjan should have been an obvious choice. His grandparents live a short walk from the nearest one, on their road in Southall, west London, and enrolling him there would make life easy for the family. But they are so worried about the "petrol-like" odour from a nearby building site that in September Ranjan will travel to a school more than two miles away."He has been so sick for the past year - coughing and with a runny nose - that we worry being near the smell all day would make him ill," said Ajaib Flora, his grandfather. Continue reading...