Toxic air was once a silent killer. No longer. We have known for some time that long-term exposure to human-made pollution — from transport, industry and heating — is linked to strokes, heart disease and lung cancer. The annual mortality rate is roughly 30,000 a year.
That is why the Government has called air pollution “the largest environmental risk to public health”. It is therefore hugely concerning that the ministers have chosen to condemn another generation of children to toxic air.
