Air pollution - N4 Ladder - wc 8 June

If you live on the Ladder, I hope you also found this a rather pleasant week to be a Harringay resident. Apart from Sunday, pollution readings have been reassuringly low across the board.

A small thank you to the weather gods, who kindly arranged enough wind to whisk the pollution away from us. Although spare a thought for the Gardens, who may have been sitting rather inconveniently in the slipstream. 🌬️

The good news is the numbers are down. The less good news? The overall pattern hasn’t changed. We are still seeing the biggest spikes in the early and late evening.

And what happens at those times? If traffic were the main culprit, surely we would expect a matching morning peak when people are heading out — but that’s not what the data is showing.

So, a polite public question to Haringey Council: what more evidence do you need before investigating the likely sources properly?

Our citizen scientists have been busy collecting the clues. We’d love the council to bring its expertise to the table too — ideally before the pollution decides to solve the mystery itself.