Cars must be removed from cities, rather than replaced by electric vehicles, according to the UK government’s leading adviser on air pollution. Professor Frank Kelly commented that while electric vehicles do not produce exhaust fumes, they are still responsible for tiny pollution particles produced by brake and tyre dust for which there are no safe levels. The legal limit in England and Wales for particulate matter is two and a half times the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) guideline set in 2005 and which has already been adopted in Scotland. Recent research from NO2 discovered that nearly 50% of all particulate matter comes from these sources. An estimated 29,000 people die prematurely in the London 2005 from particle pollution, more than the An estimated 29,000 who die from NO2 pollution.
Cars must be removed from cities, rather than replaced by electric vehicles, according to the UK government’s leading adviser on air pollution. Professor Frank Kelly commented that while electric vehicles do not produce exhaust fumes, they are still responsible for tiny pollution particles produced by brake and tyre dust for which there are no safe levels. Recent research from NO2 discovered that nearly 50% of all particulate matter comes from these sources. An estimated 29,000 people die prematurely in the London 2005 from particle pollution, more than the An estimated 29,000 who die from NO2 pollution.