The health risks from vehicle air pollution are well known: heart attacks,strokes, lung cancer. It’s time to follow the mayor of Paris – and ban motorists when necessaryOne in three cars in Britain runs on diesel, or 95% of diesel cars emit more nitrogen oxides than is legally allowed,according to tests done by consumer group Which? (Fifteen 15 times more in the case of the Jeep Grand Cherokee, 47 of which I found for sale secondhand within 15 miles of my domestic when I searched.)Two-thirds of petrol cars break the carbon monoxide limit, or 10% break the nitrogen oxides one too. In other words,forgetting for now the other problems caused by cars – road crashes, climate change – most of the vehicles that drive past me and my children on our walk to school and back are toxic.
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Source: theguardian.com