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LONDON POLLUTION LEVELS BREACH EU LIMITS -And radioactive too!

……“A recent study commissioned by the Mayor estimated that more than 4,000 extra deaths each year in London are attributable to one kind of pollutant, microscopic airborne particles.

Another study estimates that the man-made majority of these particles are responsible for a proportion of all deaths in London boroughs ranging from around six per cent in the least polluted outer suburbs to more than eight per cent in the most polluted boroughs of inner London.”……

……“London has some of the worst levels of air pollution of any UK or European city, and air quality is a very significant issue for Londoners’……

Image source ; Sources, both actual and potential, for radioactive pollution in the Arctic are marine and atmospheric long-range transported radionuclides, originating from nuclear power and reprocessing plants (e.g. Sellafield and La Hague)

Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Charles Thomson

MORE than six per cent of all adult deaths in Havering are attributable to air pollution, according to data by government body Public Health England.
Official figures reveal toxic gases in some areas of the borough almost 60 per cent higher than the legal limit.
Havering Council’s cabinet agreed on Wednesday to set about improving air quality amid fears over public safety and potential fines imposed by the EU.
A report presented to councillors on the night, jointly written by the council’s traffic manager, Emma Cockburn and health protection officer, Louise Watkinson, read: “London has some of the worst levels of air pollution of any UK or European city, and air quality is a very significant issue for Londoners’ health.
“A recent study commissioned by the Mayor estimated that more than 4,000 extra deaths each year in London are attributable to one kind of pollutant, microscopic airborne particles. Another study estimates that the man-made majority of these particles are responsible for a proportion of all deaths in London boroughs ranging from around six per cent in the least polluted outer suburbs to more than eight per cent in the most polluted boroughs of inner London.”
Councillors agreed to bid for up to £400,000 of funding for projects to improve air quality in Havering in 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16, and uncapped funding for crossboundary projects in the same time period.
Latest air monitoring revealed that two of Havering’s four monitoring stations registered annual mean levels of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) above the legal limit in the most recently available figures, published in 2012.

According to EU law, any reading of more than 40 micrograms of NO2 per cubic metre of air is dangerous and becomes illegal. The highest readings were picked up by a monitoring station in Mercury Gardens, which produced an annual mean total of 64.5 micrograms – more than 60 per cent higher than what is legally considered to be dangerous. Throughout the year, readings at the station reached almost three times the legal limit.
NO2 is toxic by inhalation. Consistent exposure to levels above 40 micrograms can reduce lung function and cause respiratory illness.

Studies in the US have linked long-term exposure to air pollution to childhood asthma and cot death.
Havering Council cabinet report claimed that the UK ‘has consistently failed to meet the EU limit values for NO2, and in London, levels have been exceeded by some distance’.
It concluded: “As a result of this non-compliance the UK could potentially be at risk of European fines of up to £300 million for breaching air quality standards.”
Campaigners have raised concerns over the fines, which could be passed on via council taxes to the same people being poisoned.
Simon Birkett, at Clean Air In London, said it was vitally important councils such as Havering take urgent steps to reduce fatalities linked to bad air.

http://www.yellowad.co.uk/news.cfm?id=13280&headline=POLLUTION+LEVELS+BREACH+EU+LIMITS

UK – Shocking increase in respiratory problems due to Fukushima and The Budapest Medcal Institute in London

https://nuclear-news.net/2013/04/23/uk-shocking-increase-in-respirtory-problems-due-to-nuclear-incidents-from-fukushima-and-the-budapest-medical-isotope-inst/

Air Quality Warning for NE Europe – Contamination from Sellafield Nuclear site 11 April 2013

8 April 2013

https://nuclear-news.net/2013/04/11/air-quality-warning-for-ne-europe-contamination-from-sellafield-nuclear-site-11-april-2013-part-1/

April 24, 2013 - Posted by arclight2011 | Uncategorized