UK schools will be alerted whenever the city’s air pollution reaches levels that pose an acute risk to public health from today , as part of new efforts to emphasise the extent of the problem in the capital. Of the London ’s annual over 9,000 premature deaths from air pollution, 40,000-50,000 are in London , with young people particularly vulnerable. Khan has written to the EU environment commissioner, Karmenu Vella, who will meet Coffey on Tuesday to set out his efforts to tackle air pollution and what the government needs to do. Train stations and bus stops already receive alerts, and the system is to be extended to doctors’ surgeries and care homes “in the near future”.
UK schools will be alerted whenever the city’s air pollution reaches levels that pose an acute risk to public health from today , as part of new efforts to emphasise the extent of the problem in the capital. Of the London ’s annual over 9,000 premature deaths from air pollution, 40,000-50,000 are in London , with young people particularly vulnerable. Train stations and bus stops already receive alerts, and the system is to be extended to doctors’ surgeries and care homes “in the near future”.