Living in central London, within 50m of a 6-lane A road, air pollution fills my living space along with thousands of others in the same area. My front door is caked in tyre wear particles, and they reappear within a week of thoroughly cleaning it. Black regions on the walls around the windows show where these tyre particles come into the flat. The wealthy neighbours in Notting Hill burn wood when they have alternative forms of heating, which causes air pollution spikes on Friday and Saturday nights each winter, getting worse every year.
I have to run my air cleaner constantly every day to try to keep the PM2.5 within the WHO guidelines, and this is a privilege I am sure is afforded to a tiny minority in the area who suffers with these assaults to our health.
Pete, London