UK air pollution killing more than 500 people a week, doctors say

<p>Royal College of Physicians also says poor air quality costs country more than £500m a week</p><p>Air pollution in the UK is costing more than £500m a week in ill health, NHS care and productivity losses, with 99% of the population breathing in “toxic air”, doctors have said.</p><p>Dirty air is killing more than 500 people a week, with health harm to almost every organ of the body caused by air pollution, even at low concentrations, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/19/uk-toxic-air-killing-people-doctors-warn">Continue reading...</a>