UK air pollution killing more than 500 people a week, doctors say - short news
Royal College of Physicians also says poor air quality costs country more than £500m a week
Air pollution in the UK is costing more than £500m a week in ill health, NHS care and productivity losses, with 99% of the population breathing in “toxic air”, doctors have said.
Dirty air is killing more than 500 people a week, with health harm to almost every organ of the body caused by air pollution, even at low concentrations, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) said.
..source: The Guardian - 19.06.2025