Camden, alongside the majority of London, exceeds legal limits for Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2). Camden currently meets legal limits for Particulate Matter (PM). However, there is not considered to be a safe limit for this form of pollution. Air pollution is associated with a number of adverse health impacts and particularly affects the vulnerable: children and older people, and those with pre-existing heart and lung conditions.

Because of this, Camden is classified as an Air Quality Management Area, which gives the Council statutory duties to monitor air pollution and produce and implement an action plan to help reduce pollution levels. Companies are already doing their bit to reduce air pollution by using equipment such as regenerative thermal oxidizer, but more needs to be done.

Councillor Harrison continued: “We know that we cannot reach the WHO limits on our own, but want to work with people living and working in Camden and the Mayor of London to strive towards these. There is no safe level of Particulate Matter, but there are many more things that we can do.”