Health should be at the centre of the Environment Bill
By Geraint Davies MP on 07 June 2021
Air pollution
Citizen science in HS&E
The public can play a practical role in supporting scientific understanding of problems like air pollution.
By Mike Robinson on 14 June 2021
Tougher legal targets needed to tackle air pollution
Fresh air has never been so important as during the coronavirus pandemic. Even as lockdown restrictions ease, we know that meeting up outdoors – where possible – will reduce transmission of the virus.
By Neil Parish MP on 04 June 2021
Coroner calls on government to adopt WHO limits on air pollution
A coroner has called for new laws on air pollution limits after he concluded that pollution led to the death of nine-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah.
By Belinda Liversedge on 23 April 2021
Air pollution: we must protect outdoor workers
While dealing with the Covid pandemic has taken centre stage, another even more life-threatening issue has continued to worsen – that of air pollution.
By Mick Holder, TUCAN on 16 April 2021
'Polluted air kills: we have the proof': Ella death inquest reactions
A little girl’s death from air pollution must lead to cleaner air to protect vulnerable groups including young people and workers, say campaigners.
By Belinda Liversedge on 23 December 2020
In 2020, our lungs couldn’t catch a break
Our government urgently needs to step up action on air pollution.
By Dominic Phinn, ClientEarth on 03 December 2020
Air pollution effort ‘too fragmented’ to be effective
Air quality experts met to debate the forthcoming Environment Bill, including air pollution links to Covid-19 and what should be done to protect people’s health.
By Matthew Holder on 30 October 2020
What impact did lockdown have on air pollution?
On an average day you will take over 23,000 breaths. If you are living in an urban environment, the chances are every one of those breaths will be polluted.
By Belinda Liversedge on 12 June 2020
MPs told air pollution is likely to be driving Covid-19 infections and mortality
A recent meeting of a cross-party group heard from UK and US scientists and researchers that air pollution could be a driver of higher rates of Covid-19 infection and mortality.
By Belinda Liversedge on 03 June 2020
