“People living in places with high proportions of black, mixed or ‘other’ ethnic groups are more likely to be exposed to above EU NO2 limit value concentrations than those in areas with a high proportion of white people,” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/10/londons-black-communities-disproportionately-exposed-to-air-pollution-study #RMRs #LTNs #AirPollution
We have known for some time now that poor families end up living in cheaper housing which is often in close proximity to busy roads.
Due to #Covid19, emergency measures can now be taken to reduce #airpollution on busy residential main roads..... or side roads can be closed.
Due to #Covid19, emergency measures can now be taken to reduce #airpollution on busy residential main roads..... or side roads can be closed.
When you close side roads without mitigation for residential main roads, you are knowingly increasing the #LifeExpectancyGap between the most and least affluent communities.
#LowTrafficNeighbourhood #HighTrafficNeighbourhood
@rosamund_ElsFdn @hackneywick @CleanAirLondon

#LowTrafficNeighbourhood #HighTrafficNeighbourhood
@rosamund_ElsFdn @hackneywick @CleanAirLondon
Black British children are exposed to up to 30% more air pollution than their white counterparts. @visitcamberwell @OneCamberwell @hackneywick @BrixtonParent @CleanAirLondon @rosamund_ElsFdn @RedMajid @Lizzieredhair @journo_pen @lynnefriedli @outercircles https://twitter.com/wef/status/1289561521215897600?s=20
This work has confirmed that #environmentalinjustice is occurring in England due to #airpollution from road traffic. Essentially in respect of traffic emissions the poor pollute the least and are polluted the most. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361920919300392
Those in #LTNs will still pollute #RMRs.
Those in #LTNs will still pollute #RMRs.
By closing side roads for LTNs & displacing traffic to residential main roads, could we be witnessing the emergence of a new wave of socio-spatial injustice leading potentially to new forms of #urbanexclusion, #healthinequity, and #environmentalinjustice?
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23748834.2020.1785176#
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23748834.2020.1785176#
An @ONS study finds that #airpollution could be a factor in explaining why people from #BAME backgrounds suffer more from #coronavirus.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/13/study-of-covid-deaths-in-england-is-latest-to-find-air-pollution-link
@rosamund_ElsFdn @OneCamberwell @brixtonbarb @lizzieloos @RedMajid @PaigeLDN__ @Lizzieredhair @MadstickMcr @RoadsToo

@rosamund_ElsFdn @OneCamberwell @brixtonbarb @lizzieloos @RedMajid @PaigeLDN__ @Lizzieredhair @MadstickMcr @RoadsToo
When LTNs are created, traffic increases on boundary / residential main roads which can create severe congestion and increase #airpollution for months, years or decades. What if you live, walk, work, learn & play on/near these #RMRs? https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200427-how-air-pollution-exacerbates-covid-19#:~:text=A%202003%20study%20found%20that,with%20high%20levels%20of%20pollution.&text=%E2%80%9CFor%20every%20small%20increment%20in,%2C%E2%80%9D%20says%20Harvard%27s%20Aaron%20Bernstein.
#EnvironmentalJustice
#EnvironmentalJustice
"Living near a busy road increases a person’s chance of developing lung cancer by 10% and stunts the growth of children’s lungs by 14%." https://airqualitynews.com/2019/11/25/living-near-a-busy-road-increases-lung-cancer-risk-by-10/
There's a plan ( #LTNs) that will increase traffic & #airpollution on residential main roads.
Is that OK with you?
There's a plan ( #LTNs) that will increase traffic & #airpollution on residential main roads.

Is that OK with you?
Do #LTNs increase public #airpollution exposure? 
You close a series of side roads. 11% of drivers change travel behaviour. 89% of traffic is displaced, creating congestion on other residential roads. This increases journey times and vehicle emissions near schools, shops...

You close a series of side roads. 11% of drivers change travel behaviour. 89% of traffic is displaced, creating congestion on other residential roads. This increases journey times and vehicle emissions near schools, shops...
A treasure trove of information on #EnvironmentalJustice https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiAqIinoanrAhUyUxUIHeotDAkQFjABegQIAxAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpublications.naturalengland.org.uk%2Ffile%2F5425667586129920&usg=AOvVaw3KHRIO-PNg9Gtdcv2py1iG
@rosamund_ElsFdn @PaulLomax @PaigeLDN__ @outercircles @oneoval_ @RMRsToo @personasasa @entitled2speak @XR_BSE @MaribelVelzque5 @orridge_anna @baroncols @Lone1183 #LowTrafficNeighbourhoods #LTNs #RMRs
@rosamund_ElsFdn @PaulLomax @PaigeLDN__ @outercircles @oneoval_ @RMRsToo @personasasa @entitled2speak @XR_BSE @MaribelVelzque5 @orridge_anna @baroncols @Lone1183 #LowTrafficNeighbourhoods #LTNs #RMRs
The findings of this study suggest that children exposed to higher levels of PM2.5 are more likely to develop #asthma and persistent #wheezing than children who are not exposed. https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m2791
Does your child live, walk, learn or play on/near a busy road? #RMRs #LTNs
Does your child live, walk, learn or play on/near a busy road? #RMRs #LTNs
#LTNs can create severe traffic congestion on residential main roads. Researchers found a 29% rise in asthma risk for each increase of 6.3 µg/m3 in small particulate matter (PM2.5) and found a 16% rise in asthma risk for each 8.2 µg/m3 increase of NO2.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/24/infants-exposed-to-air-pollution-have-less-lung-power-as-adolescents-study

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/24/infants-exposed-to-air-pollution-have-less-lung-power-as-adolescents-study
The research indicates that a small, single-unit increase in people’s long-term exposure to #airpollution particles raises #coronavirus infections and admissions by about 10% and deaths by 15%. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/13/compelling-evidence-air-pollution-worsens-coronavirus-study
When #LTNs displace traffic to main roads, how many will die?
When #LTNs displace traffic to main roads, how many will die?
“Even small improvements in air quality can have a profound impact on public health.” https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/stricter-air-pollution-standards-could-save-thousands-annually-study-n627706
When #LTNs create severe traffic congestion and increase #airpollution on residential main roads, they too have a profound impact on #publichealth. @RMRsToo @oneoval_
When #LTNs create severe traffic congestion and increase #airpollution on residential main roads, they too have a profound impact on #publichealth. @RMRsToo @oneoval_
Children who walk to school along main roads receive the highest concentrations of PM2.5. NO2 is on average 51% higher on busy A roads, compared to side roads. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/children-five-times-more-exposed-to-toxic-air-on-school-run-than-other-times-of-day-study-shows-a4267251.html
@RMRsToo @oneoval_ @KHDivided @one_lewisham @OneCamberwell @RedMajid @PaigeLDN__ @JT73890719
@RMRsToo @oneoval_ @KHDivided @one_lewisham @OneCamberwell @RedMajid @PaigeLDN__ @JT73890719
Cutting #airpollution can prevent deaths within weeks. The health benefits of #cleanair were “almost immediate and substantial”. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/06/cutting-air-pollution-can-prevent-deaths-within-weeks
So what happens when you INCREASE traffic congestion on busy roads? @RMRsToo @PaigeLDN__ @oneoval_ @mina86614586 @hackneywick
So what happens when you INCREASE traffic congestion on busy roads? @RMRsToo @PaigeLDN__ @oneoval_ @mina86614586 @hackneywick
"As we recover from #coronavirus #pandemic the world needs to pay far greater attention to #airpollution which also increases the risks associated with #Covid19" https://twitter.com/antonioguterres/status/1302761499325329408?s=20
@PaigeLDN__ @oneoval_ @RMRsToo @PaulLomax @OneCamberwell @one_lewisham @mina86614586 @RedMajid
@PaigeLDN__ @oneoval_ @RMRsToo @PaulLomax @OneCamberwell @one_lewisham @mina86614586 @RedMajid
“Traffic congestion is precisely what we should prevent as our polluted city emerges from lockdown." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/15/road-congestion-levels-in-outer-london-higher-than-before-lockdown
Yet LTNs create severe traffic congestion!
@RMRsToo @PaigeLDN__ @visitcamberwell @one_lewisham @OneCamberwell @JT73890719 @Lizzieredhair @mina86614586
Yet LTNs create severe traffic congestion!

@RMRsToo @PaigeLDN__ @visitcamberwell @one_lewisham @OneCamberwell @JT73890719 @Lizzieredhair @mina86614586
#LTNs, the UK's #Covid19 response, increases #airpollution for poor & BAME communities at greatest risk on main roads. @rosamund_ElsFdn @visitcamberwell @PaigeLDN__ @RMRsToo @RedMajid @outercircles @one_lewisham @KingsHeathLTN @mina86614586 @Lizzieredhair https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/20/bma-chair-act-now-stop-further-disproportionate-bame-covid-deaths
"Inhaled carbon particulate matter in #airpollution, travels in the bloodstream, and is taken up by important cells in the placenta" Prof J Grigg. https://airqualitynews.com/2020/09/24/air-pollution-particles-found-in-the-placenta-new-study/
We must not increase #airpollution for children & babies already most at risk. #LTNs @hold_bag @personasasa
We must not increase #airpollution for children & babies already most at risk. #LTNs @hold_bag @personasasa
When you create #LTNs and displace traffic onto main roads with the most polluted schools...
@RMRsToo @PaigeLDN__ @parasaurohead @visitcamberwell @one_lewisham @Lizzieredhair @KingsHeathLTN @RedMajid @paulale55081401 @MissKatseyes @personasasa @outercircles @Cornwall111

@RMRsToo @PaigeLDN__ @parasaurohead @visitcamberwell @one_lewisham @Lizzieredhair @KingsHeathLTN @RedMajid @paulale55081401 @MissKatseyes @personasasa @outercircles @Cornwall111
"It’s about showing communities of color and poor communities the administration can do whatever it wants to them because their lives don’t matter."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/21/what-is-environmental-injustice-and-why-is-the-guardian-covering-it
@paulale55081401 @Jason_Ochere @EHibbett @i_need_ @BLMWandsworth @Wands_SUTR @mowords #BlackLivesMatter

@paulale55081401 @Jason_Ochere @EHibbett @i_need_ @BLMWandsworth @Wands_SUTR @mowords #BlackLivesMatter

When you displace traffic and its #airpollution from side roads to residential main roads, you force the elderly, pregnant women, babies & children to breathe dirtier air that shortens lives & stunts lung growth.
@RMRsToo @RedMajid @hold_bag @gains_guru @personasasa @oneoval_

Elevated PM2.5 exposures result in substantial years of life lost even at concentrations below current national standards. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.012517
@RMRsToo @outercircles @parasaurohead @PaigeLDN__ @pandapoodle2 @personasasa @BenRymer @MissKatseyes @paulale55081401 @HackneyYIMBY
@RMRsToo @outercircles @parasaurohead @PaigeLDN__ @pandapoodle2 @personasasa @BenRymer @MissKatseyes @paulale55081401 @HackneyYIMBY
"Tackling #systemicracism is fundamental to achieving #environmentaljustice & #climatejustice" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/18/environmental-justice-means-racial-justice-say-activists
True or False?
@rosamund_ElsFdn @EHibbett @jksmith34 @XR_BSE @visitcamberwell @paulale55081401 @i_need_ @mowords @hold_bag @KingsHeathLTN @RMRsToo @RedMajid
True or False?

"Reducing indoor and outdoor #airpollution by 20% could enhance a child’s working memory by 6%" https://airqualitynews.com/2020/10/08/reducing-air-pollution-could-improve-childrens-memory/
So what happens when you increase air pollution for children at schools on main roads? @personasasa @paulale55081401 @Lizzieredhair @MissKatseyes @mummybycycle
So what happens when you increase air pollution for children at schools on main roads? @personasasa @paulale55081401 @Lizzieredhair @MissKatseyes @mummybycycle
Will increasing traffic congestion & #airpollution on residential main roads increase #COVID19 infection & death rates? https://www.ippr.org/blog/ethnic-inequalities-in-covid-19-are-playing-out-again-how-can-we-stop-them @RMRsToo @outercircles @RedMajid @visitcamberwell @one_lewisham @paulale55081401 @hold_bag @KingsHeathLTN @jksmith34 @Lizzieredhair


#COVID19 has "thrived" among black, Asian & ethnic minority (BAME) communities because of structural #racediscrimination, a #Labour report says. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54697714
LTNs increase traffic & #airpollution on the main roads where #BAME walk, wait, work, learn & play. @hold_bag
LTNs increase traffic & #airpollution on the main roads where #BAME walk, wait, work, learn & play. @hold_bag
"In the UK, 14% of [ #Covid19] deaths were attributable to #airpollution" https://airqualitynews.com/2020/10/27/15-of-global-covid-deaths-attributed-to-air-pollution/
LTNs increase air pollution for people most at risk from #coronavirus.
@hold_bag @personasasa @paulale55081401 @MissKatseyes @BenRymer @pandapoodle2 @oneoval_ @RedMajid @Cornwall111
LTNs increase air pollution for people most at risk from #coronavirus.



@paulale55081401 @personasasa @Halima_Begum @EHibbett @0jhl @DrMariaNeira @SadiqKhan @Tamtia31 @BCNtweet @hold_bag @LonGreenParty @ExtinctionR @GeorgeMonbiot
Seeing the role everyone had played in supporting the most vulnerable children had been "the greatest moment of my life." @MarcusRashford https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-54841316
Evidence our Government can U-turn to protect #childrenshealth
@hold_bag @paulale55081401 @personasasa @scott_shiva
Evidence our Government can U-turn to protect #childrenshealth

Ask @grantshapps & @SadiqKhan why the #Covid19 response is to INCREASE #airpollution for the poor & #BAME communities at greatest risk.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/04/tiny-air-pollution-rise-linked-to-11-more-covid-19-deaths-study @hold_bag @paulale55081401 @personasasa @NormanC28839418 @BCNtweet @BillParryDavies @scott_shiva @LTDAForum @oneoval

Do you agree that the poorest and most deprived in our society – who are disproportionately black and ethnic minority – are more likely to live in heavily congested areas where air pollution is high?
#BlackLivesMatter
#SocialJustice #EnvironmentalJustice
#BlackLivesMatter
