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Air pollution threat of diesel engine fumes blamed for capital deaths

The subject of air pollution in London, and which, if any, policies can be enacted to deal with the problem, looks likely to be a key battleground in the forthcoming mayoral election, if recent media coverage of the topic is anything to go by.

24 July 2015
The front page of The Evening Standard on 15 July suggested that Londoners are dying in droves due to air pollution... largely made up of fumes from vehicle diesel engines
The front page of The Evening Standard on 15 July suggested that Londoners are dying in droves due to air pollution... largely made up of fumes from vehicle diesel engines

 

ON 15 JULY London’s Evening Standard claimed that: “Thousands more Londoners are dying early each year because of toxic air… blamed to a large extent on diesel fumes.

“Millions of people are having their lives shortened by the killer pollutant [nitrogen dioxide],” the paper added. “While the NO2 research [by academics at King’s College, London] needs to be treated with caution, as it is so cutting edge, the report’s shock findings will inevitably...

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