Glasgow subway pollution 'requires serious examination'

Date: 20/5/2013

Pollution levels on Glasgow's subway network should be subject to significant examination, according to experts and campaigners.

Calls for an investigation into the issue were made after a study published in The Sunday Herald detailed the extent of the problem.

As the report showed, levels of pollution in the city's subway system were revealed to be ten times higher than those that can be found on Glasgow's streets, and eight times over the World Health Organisation's approved level.

Dr Richard Dixon, the Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland, explained that the authorities need to take the issue seriously in order to protect the health of passengers.

"This problem urgently needs further investigation. Confirmation of these results would require decisive action to reduce pollution," he said.

The study's results led experts to estimate that passengers making a 45 minute journey on the Glasgow subway would breathe in 60 million particles of pollution.

Posted by Nick Anderson

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