A Northampton charity is calling on 1,000 people to join a protest over poor air quality locally.
By Kate Bradbrook & Martin HeathA charity is calling on 1,000 people to stage a protest outside a council meeting to demand action on improving a town's air quality.claims nothing has been done about the problem for 17 years.
She said: "In 2016, he was playing on the sofa when he started having fits - febrile seizures - and he stopped breathing and his face all turned blue.Image caption,After her son became ill again, Ms Lee realised that his condition worsened when he went outside. She made the difficult decision to leave her wider family behind and head to Northampton, but said she did not escape the problems of poor air quality completely.suggested that Northampton had the worst air pollution in the country, with residents inhaling the equivalent of 189 cigarettes a year.
Labour councillors have proposed a motion to Friday's council meeting, calling for clearer commitments on the issue, such as a "cohesive clean air policy", specific plans for money set aside for improving air quality and conducting research into smart traffic light systems for roadworks.
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