Air quality in Tolworth must be monitored
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The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) recently closed its air quality monitoring site in Tolworth by the A3.
Air quality by the A3 has been poor for some time, so it is a nonsense for the Government to shut this monitoring site down.
Poor air quality hits people's health, especially young children and the elderly, and diseases like asthma cost the NHS billions.
With new stricter legal limits on air pollution in force from this June, we need to make sure they are enforced, and that means we need these measurements to check.
Fight to stop Tescos at Tolworth
One of the main reasons I'm opposed to the proposed Tesco site at Tolworth is that it will add massively to local traffic congestion and related air pollution. Without this monitoring site, we won't have up-to-date statistics to prove that extra traffic from Tescos will mean the EU's new air quality laws will be breached.
What you can do
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Read the background information and the letters I have sent to Hilary Benn MP and the Mayor of London.
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