Air pollution and regulation in the UK
On 2 September 2009, the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (CCJS) at King's College London published a report which highlights the human costs of air pollution and failed attempts to adequately regulate and control it.
The report reveals that:
- an estimated 24,000 British residents die prematurely every year and thousands more are hospitalised because of air pollution;
- levels of air pollution across London require urgent attention as the 2012 games approach;
- the EU is currently preparing a legal case against the British government for repeatedly breaching pollution levels. More than 20 towns and cities have been found to be emitting pollution at twice the level specified by World Health Organization standards.
Crime is in the air: air pollution and regulation in the UK (PDF)
