Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Weekly air pollution data - N4 Ladder - wc 9 Feb
A better week! And it has been noticed with less smog on the streets and hopefully better breathing.
I wonder if the wind was in a different direction? Good to hear from people in the Gardens - what has it been like for you?
Same peaks though around 7pm.....
I have shared this data with the council - absolutely no response! So much for their responsiveness for the heath of residents, particularly children.
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter
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ALICE thanks for posting the data: it illustrates legitimate concern by residents.
Unfortunately, exceeding WHO guidelines for daily particulates makes no difference to the CurrentCrew.
This kind of air pollution is most hazardous to young growing lungs and those with asthma.
I was fortunate to grow up in a capital where the entire city benefitted from permanent air-conditioning (windy Wellington NZ). Car-owners in Haringey car-owners often have aircon inside, but cannot avoid air pollution on the streets and in their homes. Some of them may have young families.
If the council's Director of Public Health has concerns, then if expressed publicly, they would need to go through the dense filter of the council's active and over-funded PR Team. The Director may have been told to stay in your lane (regrettably, Highways outranks Public Health).
The sole decision-making body of the council ("Cab", the Cabinet) make all the right PR noises.
However, if they'd wanted to take real action, then they'd have done so many years ago. The council performs endless, cyclical studies and consultations in order to kick-the-can-down-the-road and avoid meaningful action.
Cab's private view is likely to be leave it to the experts.
In actual practice, any experts on the council just leave it.
And this, with either the tacit or explicit approval of Cab. There is net-zero political-will to action.
Last week's largely empty PR piece in the Ham&High needs to be seen in the context of the run-up to the election and in particular, the threat to the council Majority Group from the Green Party.
A veil is drawn over the removal of the previous relevant Cab member. In the HoL post entitled Haringey Climate Partnership, the key phrase is ~
This meeting will also be an opportunity to meet our new Cabinet Member for Climate & Environment Cllr Ibrahim Ali."
After the election—when Labour again form the council Majority Group (with a reduced majority?)—the environment PR will be downplayed if not shelved. Again.
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