“I believe the pollution from vehicles is a causal factor in my children’s poor breathing” —Talie, Nottingham

Both of my children needed medical help to breathe and had hospital short stays and sent home with inhalers, one on multiple occasions when they were under 3. More than 1 neighbour on the street has also told me their young children have had breathing difficulties and been to hospital. We live in a cul-de-sac off a busy Nottingham road, near a very busy cross roads and in the bottom of a valley. I believe the pollution from vehicles is a causal factor in my children’s poor breathing, although it is hard to prove. They are 5 and 9 now and often talk about how smelly our walk to school is. You can smell fumes hanging in the air on still days.

Talie, Nottingham