Petition details
Tell Tower Hamlets Council to take urgent action on air pollution
We're students in Tower Hamlets and we want something to be done about toxic air pollution.
Children in Tower Hamlets typically have a 10% less lung capacity than other children, due to air pollution. The borough also has the fifth worst air pollution rates in London.
40% of people in Tower Hamlets live in areas with unacceptable air quality, and 38 schools are in areas where pollution exceeds the legal limit.
Between 28,000-36,000 people die every year in the UK due to air pollution. Air pollution causes health conditions – including lung cancer, heart disease, dementia, strokes, respiratory diseases like emphysema - and has long-term effects on the nervous systems. This shows that urgent action is needed.
This Petition ran from 13/11/2019 to 10/02/2020 and has now finished.
30 people signed this Petition.