Ministr-84/ShutterstockOver 90% of EU citizens each year are exposed to levels of outdoor air pollution that are above the World Health Organization’s air quality guidelines. In Birmingham, the UK's second largest city, air quality in 2018 breached both national air quality limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and the WHO guideline for particulate matter. In research conducted at the outset of the pandemic, my colleagues and I discovered that many drive-throughs in the UK are air pollution hotspots. Clearing the airOurs was the first study to investigate pollution levels at drive-throughs. Read more: Air pollution: your exposure and health risk could depend on your class, ethnicity or genderEmployers have a duty to protect drive-through workers from air pollution.

Source: News 24 November 27, 2020 06:56 UTC