Air pollution action and community science in Highgate
Channel: Sian Berry London
Date: 15/07/2015

As the public health emergency of air pollution grows - with nearly 10,000 early deaths revealed today as the toll in London alone - there has been huge growth in community campaigners doing citizen science to show the problem in their local area. Councillor Sian Berry, standing to be Green candidate for Mayor of London, talks about her own ward team’s work in Highgate, which showed that even on the leafy edge of Hampstead Heath, traffic was responsible for nearly double the legal limits on the busiest roads. Local people are now asking for action to cut the pollution and traffic in their area.