Air Pollution in Tooting: Wednesday 26 November 2014 at 7.30pm

Tooting United Reform Church, Rookstone Road, SW17 9NQ

Wandsworth Borough Council has produced an updated Air Quality Action Plan which is now open to consultation. Transition Town Tooting has been running a campaign on air pollution in Tooting in collaboration with the Furzedown Low Carbon Zone, London Sustainability Exchange and Battersea and Wandsworth Trades Union Council by carrying out ‘citizen science’ measurements around Tooting. Their surveys have produced the following results:

• Some parts of Tooting High Street record levels of nitrogen dioxide levels that are 2 to 3 times higher than the European safe exposure limit
• The Mayor of London’s ’ultra-low emission zone’ does not include Tooting 
• Around 4,250 people die each year from long-term exposure to fine particles in London
• Those affected lose 11.5 years of their life on average

This event on the 26th of November will look at these issues in depth. Residents are invited to hear more about the findings and hear from the following speakers:

Samantha Heath – CEO, London Sustainability Exchange

Councillor Rex Osborn – Graveney Ward, Wandsworth Borough Council

Houda Al-Sharifi – Head of Public Health, Wandsworth Borough Council

David Thorne – Co-Chair, Transition Town Tooting

In the meantime, more information can be found here.