Many schools over the UK will forbid parents from driving their kids to school in a bid to cut poisonous air contamination, and safeguard children’s health across Britain. The new plan will fine parents £50 at the school entrance and in some instances, points will be added as penalties on their licenses. A huge number of schools are set to facilitate the plan in an attempt to cut the down CO2 emission being breathed in by their children.
Alison Cook, director of the policy and communications at the British Lung Foundation charity stated: “Toxic air is connected to asthma and endless chest issues, and harm to the lungs in early age is irreversible. This is the reason why the unlawful dimensions of pollution around schools is vastly worrying.”
One parent, Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah had her little girl Ella passed away at nine years old from an asthma assault. Mrs Adoo-Kissi-Debrah stated: “The UK has the most astounding rates for asthma deaths in Europe. Contamination levels can take off by as much as 50 percent by cars left running, generally happening at school entrances. I can’t pressure enough how harming this is to our children’s wellbeing.”
Police officers in Solihull are backing the school by issuing £50 fines to drivers if they are breaking the rule. A report discharged in 2018 uncovered that almost 2,000 schools are in areas with harmful amounts of lethal air contamination.
Chris Bennett of transport charity Sustrans, which is helping a proportion of the plans, stated: “Helping more schools to execute road closures during school pick-up and drop-off time will knowingly help decrease childrens‘ exposure to air contamination, while making a safer environment for children, parents and teachers.”
There have been a recorded 40,000 premature deaths in the UK connected to air contamination alone.
Tauseef Asif
