Air filters introduced in London nurseries

Five state-run London nurseries are going to be given air filtration mechanisms as pollution worries grow.

This introduction was inspired by a research study conducted earlier this year, by the University College London’s Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering and the University of Cambridge’s chemistry department.

The study found that children were more vulnerable to inhaling fine particle pollution indoors compared to out in the playground or on the street.

Fine particles are so small that they can enter buildings, schools and homes easily. So higher particle pollution levels in the outdoors can result in consequently higher particle pollution assemblage indoors.

The air we breathe always has certain levels of particle pollution, however, these levels are higher in certain areas such as urban and industrial areas.

This is not the only measure taken to reduce the pollution in the UK’s capital. The London congestion charge was introduced in 2003, to reduce pollution by lessening traffic in the central area.

According to the Telegraph in 2015, London was ranked 2,516th in the world as the worst polluted city.

Despite this, over three million of us die prematurely each year from air pollution and by 2050, figures are set to double.