Post by jonksy on May 15, 2023 19:46:38 GMT
Arse yet again......Just imagine the UK run by these two total pricks...
Widening ULEZ won't cut lung cancer rates, TfL-commissioned review says after Keir Starmer warned Londoners risk getting disease without expansion of hated £12.50-a-day scheme
The 197-page document acknowledged the impact on cancer would be 'nominal'
Sadiq Khan's plan to widen ULEZ will see drivers slapped with a £12.50 daily fine
The 197-page document acknowledged the impact on cancer would be 'nominal'
Sadiq Khan's plan to widen ULEZ will see drivers slapped with a £12.50 daily fine
Expanding London's hated ULEZ zone might only prevent at maximum one case of lung cancer every year, according to a TfL-commissioned review.
A 197-page document, used to justify Sadiq Khan's controversial decision to widen the hated scheme to cover all 32 boroughs from late August, acknowledged the impacts on cancer rates specifically would be 'nominal'.
But the impact on drivers won't be, with motorists to be slapped with a £12.50 daily fee for using their vehicle within the Ultra Low Emission Zone unless they meet the required emissions standards.
It comes after Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer today warned Londoners risk getting lung cancer without the expansion.
London pollution levels frequently break recommended limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and PM2.5 — particles in the air that are invisible to the human eye but can get into the blood and penetrate deep into the lungs.
A 197-page document, used to justify Sadiq Khan's controversial decision to widen the hated scheme to cover all 32 boroughs from late August, acknowledged the impacts on cancer rates specifically would be 'nominal'.
But the impact on drivers won't be, with motorists to be slapped with a £12.50 daily fee for using their vehicle within the Ultra Low Emission Zone unless they meet the required emissions standards.
It comes after Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer today warned Londoners risk getting lung cancer without the expansion.
London pollution levels frequently break recommended limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and PM2.5 — particles in the air that are invisible to the human eye but can get into the blood and penetrate deep into the lungs.
The particles are mainly produced by burning fossil fuels, such as from traffic and power generation, and have been liked to everything dementia to heart disease.
Under the worst-case modelling given to Sadiq Khan's office 955 Londoners are expected to be struck down with lung cancer every year.
But 954 — one fewer — would be diagnosed annually if the entirety of London fell victim to the ULEZ curbs, the same projections claimed.
Moderate assumptions on air pollution exposure, and its impact on lung cancer rate, predict the scheme will have no effect, however.
One thinktank today said Labour had failed to make a strong enough case for ULEZ's supposed health benefits.
Under the worst-case modelling given to Sadiq Khan's office 955 Londoners are expected to be struck down with lung cancer every year.
But 954 — one fewer — would be diagnosed annually if the entirety of London fell victim to the ULEZ curbs, the same projections claimed.
Moderate assumptions on air pollution exposure, and its impact on lung cancer rate, predict the scheme will have no effect, however.
One thinktank today said Labour had failed to make a strong enough case for ULEZ's supposed health benefits.
