The Guardian view on pollution: a new Clean Air Act is overdue | Editorial

No one can escape filth in the atmosphere. Even conservatives must see that it blights all our lives and requires a collective political remedyA problem that cannot be seen is one that politicians will generally choose to ignore. That natural human tendency is dangerously short-sighted. When it comes to air pollution it is literally lethal. Scientists and environmental campaigners have been warning about a build-up of toxins in the atmosphere over British cities for years. Yet only when the