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Why can't we open a window on the hottest day of the year Haringey Council? Air pollution w/c 18 May

Because nothing has been done about the pollution that is indicated coming from the grill / charcoal burning restaurants on Green Lanes.
It's not a joke. It's happening now. And we are all suffering from the health impacts. We need action IMMEDIATELY before another heat wave when we will be abandoned to sweat in our homes.
This isn't a community. It is profit vs people. And people are definetly not coming out on top.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson yesterday

If the main contributor was traffic wouldn't the readings fall as the evening rush hour subsidies rather than increase?  There have been several photographs published here on HOL showing visible clouds being emitted from restaurants (I recall several at the bottom of Pemberton Road).  The evidence of pollution from grill restaurants has been convincing enough for some local authorities like to actually take action.  With the concentration of grill restaurants on Green Lanes should not Haringey at least be carrying out their own monitoring?

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Admin for testingPermalink Reply by Hugh yesterday

For information, the majority of air pollution posts on HoL can be found by clicking the tags under the main posts. That will take you in the case of the "air pollution" tag to https://harringayonline.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=air+pollution

Permalink Reply by Alice B 2 hours ago

Hi mr cf – great to get you part of the air pollution campaign!

I can’t really add much more than others have already posted – citizen science is going strong in Harringay. While the amount of traffic is a concern (and you might want to join Harringay Ladder Healthy Streets campaign who have some great proposal), the evidence strongly points to the air pollution peaks we see being caused by the emissions from the grill restaurants on Green Lanes.

However, we are a community and we need to work together on this one. As Rae has identified, the solution is relatively simple – investment in high quality filtration. Meaning that the environment is better for residents, diners in the restaurants and the people who work there – it’s a win win! We’d love for this to be something the council can help to support.

As residents we recognise being part of a vibrant community – and many of us love to support our restaurants. It isn’t an either or, it’s a both – but in a safe way. The community is not asking for Green Lanes to become less vibrant. It's asking for it to be vibrant without exposing people to avoidable particulate pollution #loveourrestaurantshatetheemissions

Finally, I’ll just echo Justin’s point – the evidence of our noses. The high levels of air pollution coincide very strongly with the smell of meat cooking. While this may be delicious, this actually contains high levels of PM2.5.

Permalink Reply by Clive Carter 2 hours ago

ALICE, Haringey Council will always do the right thing … after they have exhausted all other possibilities.

As the Pope once said to Greta Thunberg: keep going!

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