Everyone saying its bollocks, again I will say, the rating is based on what the road is suppossed to achieve. In extreme circumstances a very quiet road could score a 6 if it exceeds that roads annual limit, whereas in another extreme example, a very busy road could score a 1 if for some reason its pollution was much lower than expected. So despite such scores you would still breath in far more pollution in the busy road that scored a 1, than the quiet road that scored a 6.
When you are given stats and figures please read the article/source to see what the score is actually based upon (this is how politicians make truthful lies to us all the time)
This mapping tool, run by an organisation called Earth Sense, tends to indicate levels of low toxicity, when the evidence of living in the area specified suggests otherwise.
The data is from 2016. From the organisation's website: The MappAir® data used on the BBC website provides a strong indication of traffic pollution averaged over the year (2016) for a particular area (postcode), and cannot be be used as a site-specific measurement.
My road results in a score of 1. (Category 1: The air in your area is generally clean and well below the legal levels for pollutants such as NO2 )
I reside near to the heavily-trafficked A20 road (near to the 'Fiveways' junction...and directly under a flight path of aircraft approaching City Airport). The air quality here is, in my experience, NOT 'generally clean and well below the legal levels for pollutants'.
* Readers should note the information on the mapping tool's FAQs page:
Question: My postcode pollution reading doesn’t seem to match my experience of air pollution in my area.
The dataset is modelled data and is averaged over the whole year so will not directly relate to your day to day experience. As it is modelled data it can only provide a generalised and not highly detailed view of the air quality in your local area. Additionally, the MappAir® data used provides a only a modelled indication of the traffic pollution at the postcode level and, although we use the best data sources, has certain limitations due to available data. More detail is provided here: https://www.earthsense.co.uk/mappair-faq. We are planning to release improved versions throughout the year, including a particulate dataset, cumulating in near real-time data which will provide better indications as to the pollution level. We are also aiming to include other emission sources. We recommend joining our subscription list so you can hear about future data releases
The eminent Chest Physician whose lecture, about the state of air quality in Greenwich, I attended last year, stated that local air quality was often very poor and the legal upper limits of pollution were being exceeded.
This 'government' - and Nu Lie Bore before it - has resided over a laissez-faire approach to the environment and things have got worse and worse. The state of our air is nothing short of a national disgrace and, for the most part, politicians make noises but do little to realise meaningful change.
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When you are given stats and figures please read the article/source to see what the score is actually based upon (this is how politicians make truthful lies to us all the time)
Edit: Actually maybe it is bollocks, accoridng to https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/06/london-breaches-toxic-air-pollution-limit-for-2017-in-just-five-days the limit is the same for all roads.
(poet)
It's my back alley that's really polluted.
Disgusting.
No pollution what so ever but it does chuck up a fair bit when they do the muck spreading nearby
I keep telling you chelsfield is God's country
The data is from 2016. From the organisation's website:
The MappAir® data used on the BBC website provides a strong indication of traffic pollution averaged over the year (2016) for a particular area (postcode), and cannot be be used as a site-specific measurement.
My road results in a score of 1. (Category 1: The air in your area is generally clean and well below the legal levels for pollutants such as NO2 )
I reside near to the heavily-trafficked A20 road (near to the 'Fiveways' junction...and directly under a flight path of aircraft approaching City Airport). The air quality here is, in my experience, NOT 'generally clean and well below the legal levels for pollutants'.
* Readers should note the information on the mapping tool's FAQs page:
Question: My postcode pollution reading doesn’t seem to match my experience of air pollution in my area.
The dataset is modelled data and is averaged over the whole year so will not directly relate to your day to day experience. As it is modelled data it can only provide a generalised and not highly detailed view of the air quality in your local area. Additionally, the MappAir® data used provides a only a modelled indication of the traffic pollution at the postcode level and, although we use the best data sources, has certain limitations due to available data. More detail is provided here: https://www.earthsense.co.uk/mappair-faq. We are planning to release improved versions throughout the year, including a particulate dataset, cumulating in near real-time data which will provide better indications as to the pollution level. We are also aiming to include other emission sources. We recommend joining our subscription list so you can hear about future data releases
The eminent Chest Physician whose lecture, about the state of air quality in Greenwich, I attended last year, stated that local air quality was often very poor and the legal upper limits of pollution were being exceeded.
This 'government' - and Nu Lie Bore before it - has resided over a laissez-faire approach to the environment and things have got worse and worse. The state of our air is nothing short of a national disgrace and, for the most part, politicians make noises but do little to realise meaningful change.