Concerns raised over air pollution in Wales
A leading environmental group has raised serious concerns about the rising levels of air pollution in Wales and the Welsh Government’s approach to controlling it. Friends of the Earth Cymru have uncovered evidence that far from air quality improving, there has been a worrying decline in air quality between 2009 and 2010. Gareth Clubb, Director of Friends of the Earth Cymru, said: “The Welsh Government recently announced that air quality continues to improve in Wales[1]. But we’ve looked at the evidence and it’s clear that five out of the seven air pollutants the report considers increased between 2009 and 2010[2]. The Welsh Government appears to be misleading the Welsh public. “And the most recent figures from the UK Government are extremely bleak, with Cardiff, Swansea, South Wales and North Wales all above the legal limits for a number of dangerous pollutants[3]. “Air pollution already cuts the life of most people short by eight months[4]. In highly polluted places – of which th...