Smoking in cars is banned. But children still inhale toxic fumes in backseats

Studies show pollution levels inside cars are higher than outside where NO2 emissions are dissipated into the wider atmosphere

" Air pollution more harmful to children in cars than outside, warns top scientist

By now, if you are a pedestrian or cyclist you are probably aware that traffic pollution is a danger to your health, but there is one group of people who are perhaps more at risk: children in cars.

Numerous studies have shown how high pollution levels are in cars. A study in Copenhagen found that a driver actually breathed in higher amounts of pollution than a cyclist on the same road. For the cyclist, the emissions dissipated into the wider atmosphere which reduced their exposure, but for the car driver these emissions were circulated and built up in the cabin.