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Ensure bus routes near schools are a priority for switching to Electric Vehicles.
As part of a Clean Air campaign at Preston Manor School we are raising awareness of the impact of high air pollution and trying to highlight ways in which we can reduce emissions and its effects on our local community. So, we are asking Brent Council to lobby Transport for London's Managing Director for Surface Transport. We would like Gareth Powell (MD Surface Transport) to commit to switching the old and very polluting buses on the routes closest to schools to the new low emissions electric vehicles. There’s robust scientific evidence now showing that those children living on roads or attending schools that have high levels of pollution have changes in their lungs and in the sputum from breathing in polluted air.
We do not know the exact long term effects of air pollution on a
healthy child’s lungs. What we do know is that the growing
healthy child’s lungs have to last a lifetime. You
don’t get repair of lung tissue like other organs,; you
don’t get another chance at growing new lungs – so you
really do not want to insult the growing child’s lungs at an
early age with pollutants leading to long term problems in
adulthood.. There’s a lot of discussion around the impact of
air pollution on those with underlying respiratory conditions, but
we also need to consider the impact of pollution on healthy
children and their lungs. We really need to ensure that growing
healthy children breathe clean air keeping healthy lungs healthy
into adult life...
Started by: Leela Paul (Preston Manor School)
This ePetition ran from 16/01/2018 to 28/02/2018 and has now finished.
2 people signed this ePetition.