Air pollution kills six million people every year: it's time for us to wake up to this grave threat

Air pollution kills six million people every year: it's time for us to wake up to this grave threat The government was applauded for its draft Clean Air Strategy, published in May, when it recognised that air pollution is now the leading environmental risk to human health in the UK and for setting out policies to reduce that harm.

It is currently estimated that air pollution will make 2.4 million ill in England between now and 2035. And the health and social care costs of air pollution could reach £18.6 billion by 2035.

However, critics have expressed concern that key policy areas, such as road transport, are not fully addressed in the strategy – potentially limiting the health benefits that could be realised. The Daily Telegraph