Swindon Advertiser: Safe air pollution levels breached in Swindon

Safe air pollution limits are being breached in Swindon, putting lives at risk according to campaigners.

Environmental group Friends of the Earth analysed council reports on nitrogen dioxide in the air at monitoring sites across England.

And it warns that failing to fix air pollution costs lives, and shows a failure to address the climate crisis.

The worst offending location is Kingshill Road where the average level of nitrogen dioxide exceeded 48.8 micrograms per cubic metre, more than 20 per cent over the figure of 40 needed to meet government air quality targets…read more