The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, already sends alerts to train stations and bus stops when pollution levels reach dangerous levels, advising vulnerable groups including children and the elderly to take precautionary measures. London schools will be alerted whenever the city’s air pollution reaches levels that pose an acute risk to public health from next week, as part of new efforts to emphasise the extent of the problem in the capital. The government has been under pressure for months over its handling of London’s air, with a series of damning reports by MPs and peers pointing out how it had failed to tackle the problem. 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”.
London schools will be alerted whenever the city’s air pollution reaches levels that pose an acute risk to public health from next week, as part of new efforts to emphasise the extent of the problem in the capital. The government has been under pressure for months over its handling of London’s air, with a series of damning reports by MPs and peers pointing out how it had failed to tackle the problem. 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”.