Poor Air Quality

Boris Johnson is risking children's health by blocking action to clean up London's poor air quality, according to the city's former deputy mayor Nicky Gavron. He claimed that the mayor had failed to deliver on his promise of an electric car "revolution" and is not cleaning up buses quickly enough. 'London has been in breach of EU pollution limits since 2010, and is not expected to reach safe levels for another 15 years, despite the threat of fines from the EU. Until we have political leadership that takes this issue seriously we must face the reality that London's children will continue to be exposed to levels of pollution that will scar their health for the rest of their lives, Gavron, who was deputy mayor under Ken Livingston, writes in 'The Guardian'. (8 January) Future environment conditions mean little to politicians who want to maximise present day profits. RD