WE ARE KIDS AND PARENTS IN LONDON WORRIED ABOUT AIR POLLUTION.
EMISSIONS FROM DIESEL VEHICLES ARE CAUSING US BIG PROBLEMS.
CHILDREN EXPOSED TO DIESEL FUMES GROW UP WITH SMALLER LUNGS AND REDUCED LUNG FUNCTION.
THIS CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS IN ADULTHOOD.
DIESEL FUMES CONTAIN TINY PARTICULATES THAT ARE HIGHLY CARCINOGENIC.
THESE CAN CAUSE HEART DISEASE AS WELL AS CANCER.
THOUSANDS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE ARE DYING PREMATURELY EVERY YEAR IN LONDON BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN POLLUTED AREAS.
THERE IS A SOLUTION.
THE MAYOR SAYS HE WANTS TO FINE EVERY DIRTY VEHICLE THAT COMES INTO CENTRAL LONDON FROM 2020.
THIS IS A BRILLIANT IDEA, BUT WE NEED MORE!
WE WANT THE MAYOR TO EXTEND THIS TO ALL INNER LONDON BOROUGHS.
WHY?
BECAUSE INNER LONDON BOROUGHS HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION THAT BREACH LEGAL LIMITS AND THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE, WE GO TO SCHOOL AND WE GO TO WORK.