UK failed to enforce EU air quality standards - what will happen after Brexit?

Government has astonishing record of fighting demands to meet legal obligationsAir pollution plans improve on EU rules, government claimsAir pollution was until recently regarded as a problem mainly for those whose health was already compromised or vulnerable in some way: the very old, the very young, and those with existing respiratory problems such as asthma. Thanks to groundbreaking research in the last few years, we now know the problem goes much further, to the root of human health: air pollution has been linked to miscarriage, dementia, heart disease and lower intelligence.There is scarcely an aspect of human health that is not affected by the silent insinuation of this invisible killer into our lungs, our blood, our brains and every other organ. Continue reading...