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What is Slough doing about air pollution?
Every local authority in England and Wales has a statutory duty to review local air quality under the Environment Act 1995. The aim of the review process is to identify any areas where the government's National Air Quality Standards and Objectives for 7 key pollutants are likely to be exceeded, to declare any such areas an 'Air Quality Management Area', and then to prepare action plans to show what can be done to improve air quality in these areas.
The main cause of the increased levels in Slough is due to road traffic, and in particular motorway traffic. Slough uses automatic and non-automatic ways of measuring pollution, for the following the air pollutants in and around Slough:
In the upper atmosphere, ozone protects us from harmful radiation. But at ground level, ozone can damage property and have short term effects on health
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01753 475111
My Council
Landmark Place
High Street
Slough
opposite Slough Library
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