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.. The facts about air pollution are flabbergasting. It's linked to lung cancer, heart disease, asthma and diabetes. Read on for more facts that could well surprise you.

1. Air pollution is one of the UK’s (and the world’s) biggest killers

2. Children are most vulnerable to air pollution – but we're all affected

3. A child born today might not breathe clean air until they're 8

4. Air pollution causes up to 36,000 early deaths a year in the UK

5. Air pollution was bad then… 6. And air quality is still bad now

Invisible pollution claims more than 9,000 early deaths each year in London.

London’s air is some of the dirtiest in Europe. In 2016 the government was ordered by the High Court to come up with a plan to clean up air across the UK in the shortest possible time.

7. Five days into 2017 annual air pollution limits in London were breached

8. Sitting inside a car can be more dangerous for your health

9. Two thirds of all UK car journeys are under 5 miles

10. About 11 million cars were designed to cheat air pollution tests

11. There’s been a 22-fold increase in electric cars in the UK in the past 7 years

12. There are around 11.5 million diesel cars on UK roads

13. Air pollution costs the UK £20 billion a year

14. The global cost of air pollution is staggering

15. Air pollution makes climate change worse

16. The smallest particles are the most dangerous

17. That orange haze is nitrogen dioxide… and it’s toxic

18. Diesel exhaust causes cancer

19. Time of day matte

20. Plants can filter pollution

https://friendsoftheearth.uk/climate/20-shocking-facts-about-air-pollution

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