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Proposed air pollution limit in England is twice as high as WHO recommends

The British government has proposed to set air quality limits that would allow twice as much small-particle pollution in England as the World Health Organisation recommends as an upper limit, and that would not be met for almost 20 years.

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Covid-19 lockdown failed to reduce air pollution in Scotland, study finds

The level of toxic fine particles in Scotland’s air failed to go down during the Covid-19 lockdown, despite a significant drop in the number of vehicles on the roads, according to researchers at the University of Stirling.
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