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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory Health editor

Every new school being built in England is in unsafe air pollution area, study says

Cars, buses, trucks and vans queue in a street
Average readings of PM2.5 across all school sites were more than double those recommended by the WHO, the study found. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Every new school in England is being built in an area with unsafe levels of air pollution, according to a damning report that says thousands of children will experience “alarmingly poor” air quality.

Children are particularly vulnerable to the harmful effects of air pollution because their bodies, organs and immune systems are still developing.

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