London Already Hit 2018 Air Pollution Limit, and That's Progress
- Site in Brixton reached annual limit on air pollution today
- Mayor Sadiq Khan enacted initiatives to improve air quality
Vehicles stand at a set of traffic lights in London, U.K., on Monday, April 10, 2017.
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London reached its annual limits on pollution less than a month into the year, which was actually an improvement on the air quality in 2017.
It took just five days into last year to surpass the European Union’s hourly limits for nitrogen dioxide concentrations. A city is allowed 18 breaches in a year, which a site in Brixton in south London reached on Tuesday, according to King’s College London Air monitoring organization. It’s expected to pass the yearly limit in the next day or two.