The UK Clean Air Bill is desperately needed to ensure air pollution is brought under control, argues Olivia Fulton
Imagine it’s a cold day, you step outside and the cold air catches your breath. This is what it can be like every day when you live with asthma and air pollution levels are rising. The problem is that you are unable to avoid air pollution as it’s in the air you breathe. This is why the UK Clean Air Bill aims to make clean air a human right, not just a “nice to have.”
For many years public focus has been on the impact of air pollution caused by vehicles in large cities, but little progress or effective change has been made. During many of my conversations with people who also have asthma there are often comments about how much safer it was during the covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns. Pollution levels in cities dropped, meaning that many people with asthma could go out for …