AIR pollution in Eastbourne could have a major impact on the quality of life in the town if it does not improve, according to experts.
Last week, the World Health Organisation identified Eastbourne as one of the top ten worst towns in the UK for two types of air pollution in their annual Ambient Air Pollution report.
The report recorded Eastbourne as the third worst in the country for PM2.5, which penetrates deep into our respiratory systems, and seventh worst for larger PM10 particles. The two contain pollutants such as nitrates, sulfates and black carbon, which experts say pose a huge risk to public health.
Ambient air pollution, made of high concentrations of small and fine particulate matter (PMs), is the greatest environmental risk
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Flavia Bustreo, WHO Assistant Director General of Family, Women and Children’s Health, said: “When dirty air blankets our cities the most vulnerable urban populations—the youngest, oldest and poorest—are the most impacted.”
The international health body has previously warned that residents living in areas with low air quality are at a vastly higher risk of developing heart disease, strokes and lung cancer, while chronic and acute respiratory diseases (such as asthma) are also easily exacerbated.
Geographically, Eastbourne lies in a pollution hotspot between London, fifth worst for both PM10s and PM2.5, and the English Channel - close to one of the most crowded parts of mainland Europe.
Nada Osseiran,
WHO Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health, said: “More than 80% of people living in urban areas that monitor air pollution are exposed to air quality levels that exceed the World Health Organization (WHO) limits.”
Despite these warnings, the Eastbourne Borough Council refute claims that pollution in the town poses such a high risk to public health, saying its air quality tests show Eastbourne as well within both EU and UK air quality limits in
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We are concerned with the WHO findings and are currently investigating the data they have used, however these are clearly based on a different set of objectives than those used by the UK or EU.”
The council has been carrying out annual review of air quality in the Eastbourne area to conform to central government laws since 1997, with aims to measure pollution, predict its change and ensure national air quality guidelines are achieved by proposed deadlines.
These guidelines were updated to comply with European regulations on PM10 in 2004, which limit particulants to 40 micrograms per cubic metre. However, this is still twice what the WHO guidelines suggest to avoid risk to public health. And PM2.5 guidelines in the UK appear to be even less firmly regulated, with a yearly average of over two times more per cubic metre than the World Health Organisation recommend set to be obtained by 2020.
While the figures released by the WHO indicate that the pollution levels in Eastbourne do not breach UK guidelines, environmental experts remain adamant that the organisation’s parameters lie in the best interests of human
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