Toxic air puts six million at risk of lung damage.

[2greys]

Around six million people aged over 65 in England are at high risk of lung damage and asthma attacks because of toxic air, according to a new report.

It finds that older people and those with lung disease who are most vulnerable to the effects of pollution are often the most exposed.

The new document is from the British Lung Foundation (BLF) and Asthma UK.

It comes as MPs also demand the government sets tougher targets for air pollution.

Improving air quality needs to be "at the core" of the UK's post-pandemic rebuild, say members of a House of Commons committee that focuses on environmental issues.

The new report by two of the UK's leading respiratory charities finds that a quarter of all care homes and a third of all GP practices and hospitals in England are in places where particulate pollution exceeds the limits recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), according to the new report.

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[2greys]

I do hope that one day I will have the honour of posting 'actual positive action' about this from the Gov.

[HungryHufflepuff]

That's quite shocking and shameful. When I saw the title of the post I thought it was going to be about a city in India or elsewhere that one hears about as having toxic air. ☹️

[micox]

This should be shared as widely as possible and I've taken the liberty of pasting it to my Facebook page.

[2greys in reply to micox]

A good idea, thank you.

[Patk1]

We failed eu regulations for clean air throughout the years.speed bumps etc to be removed as add to the problem but uk did nothing.i wrote to mp 3x,all i got back was a courtesy pre printed " thankyou for correspondence" x