For the rest of the year , Londoners are set up to be breathing in illegal level of toxic atmosphere .
The capital city reached the line pollution limit set by the EU for the totality of 2018within just one month . The police submit that toxic nitrogen dioxide level can not exceed the safe limit more than 18 times per year , which has already occurred on Brixton Road , Lambeth .
Well , the good news is that this year it has taken longer for London to smash the limit than it did last year , when it go on within just a workweek . The affirmative among us might take this as a sign that move to tackle air pollution in the capital have been having some effect , but others channelise out that it might be more likely that it ’s down to the weather stipulation at the startle of this year .
“ This upshot is now an yearly spectacle highlighting [ the ] government ’s abject failure to tackle the toxic aura cloaking our towns and cities,”saidGreenpeace ’s clean air campaigner Mel Evans . “ The governance could make a real difference very quickly by replicating London ’s evidence - led approach across the commonwealth , and yet it still advocate fresh atmosphere zones only as a last repair . ”
The city manager of London , Sadiq Khan , has been trying to improve thing in London by inaugurate cleaner buses on routes that pass through notorious defilement black smirch . This has been coupled with an increase in the burster for people driving the most polluting machine – namely diesel – into the center of the city . Khan suppose , however , he is prevented from going further due to government policies and restrictions .
Other parts of London are considering goingone whole step further , and banning all gasoline and diesel cars during peak commuting times in a bid to slash melody and noise pollution , and encourage people to walk , bicycle , and take public transport . Whether this will really take flesh is yet to be see , as it is sure to face up a heavy pushing back .
Despite the dirty gentle wind in London and many other UK cities being a considerable health risk to people – it has been link to40,000 premature deathsper year – many do n’t reckon that the government or councils are taking the problem seriously enough .
While the government activity recently announced plans to phase out all petrol and diesel cars , the deadline date of 2040 has been criticized as being far too lax and nowhere near challenging enough . “ The UK ’s form - out date for diesel motor and gas cars should be 2030 , not 2040 , ” say Evans .
Whatever find , more require to be done to tackle the issue of toxic air , not just in the UK but in all major city globally .
