tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321380498528642675.post515449544432803866..comments2014-10-13T03:05:08.722-07:00Comments on No Incinerator for Croydon: INFLAMMATION AND AIR POLLUTIONNo Incinerator FChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528870998584803427noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321380498528642675.post-65003966079149427652014-10-13T03:05:08.722-07:002014-10-13T03:05:08.722-07:00Recent research has highlighted the special place ...Recent research has highlighted the special place of PM 0.18,now called ultrafine particles:This is a link to an excellent paper:<br />a)<br />http://www.particleandfibretoxicology.com/content/6/1/24<br /><br />and b)<br />cardiology.med.ucla.edu/ecvblab/files/Araujo's Lecture Presentation.pdf<br /><br />Lorries and chimneys will push these up +++<br /><br />In the meantime proposed solutions to air pollution have crumbled:<br /><br />Part of the justiications of all planners of pollution is that air quality isn't going to be a problem.Boris says Euro 6 standards will make it all right. Sutton Council has given planning permission to 2 incinerators (two more in the pipeline) on this basis.<br /><br />SOME HOPE !<br /><br /><br />We were looking for safeguarding from pollution over the next decade.We were promised it would all come from Euro 6 standard engines. Boris promised it,despite population rises,TFL promised it,despite predicted congestion rises,planners of pollution emitters promised it would all be taken care of.<br /><br />BUT EURO 6 DOESN'T WORK ! :<br /><br />http://cleanairinlon<br />don.org/wp-content/u<br />ploads/CAL-264-T-and<br />-E-RDE-a-last-chance<br />-for-diesel-cars-FIN<br />AL-300914.pdf<br /><br />CAR MANUFACTURERS ARE SABOTAGING TEST REGIMES<br /><br />http://www.thesunday<br />times.co.uk/sto/news<br />/uk_news/Health/arti<br />cle1461995.ece<br /><br />EU administration has changed and there is a whiff of reneging on promises from last years YEAR OF AIR from Janez Potocnik.Deals within wheels,to our health's great disadvantage:<br /><br /><br />http://www.euractiv.<br />com/sections/sustain<br />able-dev/ngos-rules-<br />national-emission-ce<br />ilings-are-under-thr<br />eat-308984<br /><br />It seems that the car is winning all over Europe, all over again, and populations are being sacrificed on the altar of "growth"....what is economics actually about then? It certainly isn't about public health.<br /><br />If Lorries and Chimnies aren't going to win people must join any and every citizen science group to INDEPENDENTLY MEASURE SCHOOLS AIR QUALITY.<br />The tide of dangerous air has risen, is rising and will continue to rise.Don't expect the Council,Government or Europe to do anything about it....IT'S UP TO YOU.SMOGBADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783754112407570753noreply@blogger.com