New Study - UK - Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution in London
UK - Transport News Network -June 2006: -- Levels of the noxious gas nitrogen dioxide (NO2) exceed the EU 'safe limit' in parts of London by up to 50 per cent, according to a new report published today by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)... The EU says NO2 levels need to stay below 40 micrograms per cubic metre of air (mcg/m3) to be safe, but parts of several wards in London have recorded ambient NO2 levels respiratory physiotherapists say are harmful to human health... Readings taken from parts of 10 wards within Camden, the City of London, Islington, Lambeth and Westminster exceed EU recommendations by up to 50 per cent. Parts of a further 63 London wards recorded scores which exceed the EU limit by up to 25 per cent...
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