UK parents 'worryingly unaware' of damage from air pollution

Child health experts say public needs to be better informed about scale of crisis

• 'It is so scary': how the UK's filthy air is taking children to A&E

Child health experts have said families and parents are worryingly unaware of the severe damage air pollution is doing to young people in the UK.

In a survey of leading health professionals, nine in 10 said air pollution was harming children in their areas, and a similar proportion (92%) said the public needed to be better informed about the issue.