• Question: How much pollution is in the air?

    Asked by Supergirlygirlxxx to Iain on 7 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Iain McLellan

      Iain McLellan answered on 7 Mar 2016:

      Hi,
      That’s a difficult question to answer because it changes all the time. It depends on how windy it is (if it’s not windy the pollutants build up), how much sunshine there is (smog can build up if it’s sunny) and how many cars, lorries and buses are driving.

      But there are websites that can help – take a look at http://www.scottishairquality.co.uk to see what’s happening here in Scotland – this tells you how much pollution is in the air on a scale from 1 to 10 (1 is good, 10 is very bad).

      There is a map for England and Wales but it’s not really as good http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/

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