UK children inhaling toxic air on school run and in classroom

Tiny particles of black carbon from car exhausts lodge themselves in children's lungs and can enter the bloodstream and potentially the brain

" 'I was horrified that children are breathing air this dirty inside the school'

Children in the UK are being forced to breathe dangerous levels of toxic air as they make their way to and from school - and even once they are inside their classrooms, according to new research.

The findings from academics at Queen Mary University in London reveal that young children were absorbing a disproportionate amount of tiny black carbon particles during the school day with potentially devastating health consequences.