[cleanairuk_news] Public Meeting: (London) Is the Air in Battersea Killing You? Tue. 11 November, evening

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*Is the Air in Battersea Killing You?*

Battersea Society Public Meeting on air Pollution in Battersea

*Tuesday 11 November 2014 at 7.00pm for 7.30pm*

All Saints Church, Prince of Wales Drive (Near the Queenstown Road Roundabout)

The Battersea Society for much of this year has been running a  
campaign on air pollution in Battersea, chiefly by carrying out  
‘citizen science’ measurements at Clapham junction and Battersea Park  
Road/Nine elms Lane.  We have also begun work with environmental  
health officers of Wandsworth Borough Council and have had meetings  
with Wandsworth’s Director of Public Health.

We now wish to share our findings and describe our work with residents  
of Battersea and others, and have organised this public meeting to do  
so.   Our aim is also to outline positive steps to improve air quality  
that can be taken in our locality.  This is timely because Wandsworth  
Borough Council have produced an updated Air Quality Action Plan which  
is now open to consultation.

Our ‘citizen science’ surveys have produced some alarming results.  At  
Clapham junction we found that particulate matter ,the most dangerous  
type of urban pollution , was five times above the European Union  
Limit and nitrogen dioxide levels were double the European limit.   
Most alarmingly  our readings of nitrogen dioxide levels under the  
Falcon Road Railway bridge were amongst the highest of anywhere in  
London.

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*The Meeting*

Chaired by Sue Marshall

Battersea Society Findings                                           
Samantha Heath LSX Chief Executive and former Vice chair of the London  
Assembly.

Possible Actions                                                        
        Susie Morrow   chair of Wandsworth Living Streets.

Wandsworth Air Quality Action Plan                      Houda Al  
Sharifi, Wandsworth Director of Public health

Jane Ellison MP for Battersea , Richard Tracey, London Assembly Member  
for Wandsworth and Merton, and all Battersea Council members have been  
invited.

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I hope to see as many of you as possible on the night

Harvey Heath (harvey.heath at virgin.net), Battersea Society London  
(http://www.batterseasociety.org.uk/)