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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Patrick Butler Social policy editor

Ulez key to tackling ‘unacceptably high’ child illness and death, doctors say

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According to data from Public Health England, air pollution is linked to between 28,000 and 36,000 UK deaths a year. Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian

Leading doctors and scientists have warned politicians against watering down plans to expand city-wide schemes aimed at reducing traffic pollution levels linked to thousands of deaths each year.

They urged politicians not to lose their nerve over plans to improve poor air quality, such as the expansion of the ultra low emission zone (Ulez) in London, which they said were central to tackling “unacceptably high” levels of illness and child deaths, and called for more ambitious policies to reduce toxic air.

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