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A child with serious asthma issues should not be living near a major traffic artery, this could have been a quickly remedied social situation. 'A 2018 report f

A child with serious asthma issues should not be living near a major traffic artery, this could have been a quickly remedied social situation. 'A 2018 report found unlawful levels of pollution, which were detected at a monitoring station one mile from Ella's home, contributed to her fatal asthma attack'. The girl lived '25 metres from the South circular' in Lewisham. Listing her death with claims 'air pollution' were a factor are almost certainly true (it would be interesting to see the autopsy data) but also serve the WHO's and other agendas.

ljf 6y ago
Unfortunately those with a low income often are incredibly limited in where they are able to live. Even as a 'well paid' person in London my choices were limited by the vector of where I could afford, proximity to transport, my office, and family/friend/support connections.
- olivermarks 6y ago
  Painfully aware of this, nevertheless this is a massive social services failure IMO.
  - ljf 6y ago
    Agree - sadly social services are woefully underfunded and that is unlikely to change for some time.
nvarsj 6y ago
It’s sort of ridiculous to suggest moving house and family is “quick and easy”. Most likely her house was only affordable because it was in such a polluted area. Many areas in London are like this unfortunately - walls completely covered in soot from diesel vehicles. They simply need to ban diesel in the city.
- olivermarks 6y ago
  Nobody said anything about 'quick and easy'. I lived close to the westway and used to cycle a lot in London, I'm pretty aware of denser urban arteries, but walls are not completely covered in soot from diesel vehicles, which are now much cleaner than ever before. There is a tremendous amount of dirt and debris from tires and road degradation around high traffic areas, you are probably confusing soot with dirt. Better road maintenance, recycling tires to incorporate into road surfaces would help enormously especially with heavier vehicles like EV's, SUVs and trucks.
  - nvarsj 6y ago
    True, I'm not sure what the black dirt is from, it might not be from the diesel as you suggest. However most of the air pollution on high traffic roads is from diesel - they are not really clean at all. That is a complete myth propagated by companies like VW - the whole notion of "clean diesel" is completely bogus, like "clean coal". Even Euro 6 tests are completely unrealistic and don't reflect urban driving - hence the newer 6d test, but I am highly doubtful at this point after many years of outright lies. DPFs for instance are used to pass these tests, but all they do is save the pollutants, which they then periodically burp out in high concentrations into the local area. For urban driving diesel is by far the worst possible type of car and should simply be banned, the evidence is overwhelming that this is the main cause of urban pollution in most EU cities right now.
dfgdghdf 6y ago
Nonsense. If a residential area has illegal levels of toxic air pollution then the solution is to limit the amount of motor traffic allowed into that area. The government must provide alternative travel options (walking, cycling, electric buses, trains, etc). We are not talking about a manufacturer hub here, but zones 2-3 of an deindustrialized city in one of the richest nations on Earth. How we can't find the means to solve this is beyond me.

ljf 6y ago

Unfortunately those with a low income often are incredibly limited in where they are able to live. Even as a 'well paid' person in London my choices were limited by the vector of where I could afford, proximity to transport, my office, and family/friend/support connections.

olivermarks 6y ago
Painfully aware of this, nevertheless this is a massive social services failure IMO.
- ljf 6y ago
  Agree - sadly social services are woefully underfunded and that is unlikely to change for some time.

nvarsj 6y ago

It’s sort of ridiculous to suggest moving house and family is “quick and easy”. Most likely her house was only affordable because it was in such a polluted area. Many areas in London are like this unfortunately - walls completely covered in soot from diesel vehicles. They simply need to ban diesel in the city.

olivermarks 6y ago
Nobody said anything about 'quick and easy'. I lived close to the westway and used to cycle a lot in London, I'm pretty aware of denser urban arteries, but walls are not completely covered in soot from diesel vehicles, which are now much cleaner than ever before. There is a tremendous amount of dirt and debris from tires and road degradation around high traffic areas, you are probably confusing soot with dirt. Better road maintenance, recycling tires to incorporate into road surfaces would help enormously especially with heavier vehicles like EV's, SUVs and trucks.
- nvarsj 6y ago
  True, I'm not sure what the black dirt is from, it might not be from the diesel as you suggest. However most of the air pollution on high traffic roads is from diesel - they are not really clean at all. That is a complete myth propagated by companies like VW - the whole notion of "clean diesel" is completely bogus, like "clean coal". Even Euro 6 tests are completely unrealistic and don't reflect urban driving - hence the newer 6d test, but I am highly doubtful at this point after many years of outright lies. DPFs for instance are used to pass these tests, but all they do is save the pollutants, which they then periodically burp out in high concentrations into the local area. For urban driving diesel is by far the worst possible type of car and should simply be banned, the evidence is overwhelming that this is the main cause of urban pollution in most EU cities right now.

dfgdghdf 6y ago

Nonsense. If a residential area has illegal levels of toxic air pollution then the solution is to limit the amount of motor traffic allowed into that area. The government must provide alternative travel options (walking, cycling, electric buses, trains, etc). We are not talking about a manufacturer hub here, but zones 2-3 of an deindustrialized city in one of the richest nations on Earth. How we can't find the means to solve this is beyond me.