A busy street in Leeds has been dubbed the “most polluted street in the UK outside London” due to its high air quality levels.
IQAir, an organisation that collects information about air quality across the globe, states that Neville Street in the city centre had a nitrogen dioxide level of 99. The pollutant is linked to health issues such as lung and respiratory diseases and early deaths.
The recommended safe level of Nitrogen dioxide, which comes from traffic fumes and, along with other pollution such as particulate matter, is 40 ug/m3. The road has long standing problems with air pollution and it was reported in 2019 that the pollution levels in Neville Street were 88 ug/m3.
