Brixton Road becomes first place in London to breach Nitrogen dioxide limits

Data from King's College London's Environmental Research Group has shown Brixton Road has become the first place in London to breach objectives for nitrogen dioxide for 2017. UK objectives and EU limits stipulate a maximum nitrogen dioxide concentration that must not to be exceeded for more than 18 hours over the whole year. These limits came into force in 2010. The Brixton Road monitoring site measured its 19th hour above the threshold at 21.00 yesterday (Thursday 05 January). In 2016 it took eight days for the objective to breached and the first road was Putney High Street. In 2015 Oxford Street was the first road to breach, taking just two days. Pollution conditions since the New Year have been normal for winter.