London bulldozes annual air pollution limit in just five days

Madeleine Cuff
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Brixton Road is first place in the capital to overshoot legal limits set by the EU, three days earlier than in 2016

London has officially breached its annual air pollution limit set by the European Union just five days into the New Year. Late yesterday Brixton Road in Lambeth, South London, became the first place...

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