Labour MEPs are asking if the UK government's plans to close up to 600 air quality monitoring stations would breach EU law.

Labour MEPs question legality of government policy on air quality - 2013-09-16
Labour MEPs are asking if the UK government's plans to close up to 600 air quality monitoring stations would breach EU law.

The coalition recently proposed closing the stations and removing the requirement for local authorities to monitor air quality, in a drive to cut regulation.  http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/uk-air-quality-policy-eu-legal
"Air pollution causes 29,000 early deaths a year in the UK, more than deaths from alcohol and obesity combined.  —- so why do we only ever hear about alcohol and obesity?  See also   http://londonlandscapeobservatory.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/air-pollution-particulates-over-central.html

London again has the highest levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a toxic gas, of any capital city in Europe according to the latest data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) - See more at: http://cleanairinlondon.org/hot-topics/highest-no2-of-any-capital-city-in-europe-again/#sthash.HlW4JZg3.dpuf