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Clean Air Day 2021 is June 17th – have our councils noticed?

Despite the numbers of air pollution 'hot spots' in Derbyshire having increased with the declaration of an Air Quality Management Area in Ashbourne, both Conservative run District and County Councils seem to have been slow to inform us as to what they are planning to do to help residents have 'cleaner' air. Most significantly how are they planning to protect our children's health from the damaging affects of high levels of nitrogen oxides and particulates. (the theme of this year's 'Clean Air Day'

PD
17 Jun 2021
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This is what you are breathing in

More evidence of particulate pollution in Ashbourne

This is what you are breathing in! The doorway to the (now empty) Dorothy Perkins store in Ashbourne is set back from the road (the A515 northbound) in a covered 'porch'. Nothing can fall onto the window frames on the doors except what is brought in on the air. So the thick black deposits on these window frames must be fine particles that were in the air, diffusing in from the highway.

PD
9 May 2021
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