The Healthy Air Campaign is tackling the public health crisis caused by air pollution. We aim to encourage behaviour that helps cut air pollution and exposure to it and persuade the government to take action so the UK complies fully with international air quality law.
Why do we need healthy air?
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The problem
29,000 premature deaths are attributable to air pollution every year. That’s more than obesity. The air we breathe in our neighbourhoods, on our way to school and work is harming our health. This is largely down to the traffic on our streets. More
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What we can do
The way we choose to travel will impact the air we breathe. If we drive short journeys, we are creating air pollution and breathing it in too. Sometimes using the car is unavoidable, but solutions to help cut our own pollution and reduce our exposure to it are out there. More
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What Governement can do
Our individual behaviour can only change so much. The government needs to act to tackle air pollution, but at the moment is ignoring this public health crisis. Find out what they should do, and how you can help make them do it. More
