UK air pollution killing more than 500 people a week, doctors say

Royal College of Physicians also says poor air quality costs country more than 500m a week

Air pollution in the UK is costing more than 500m a week in ill health, NHS care and productivity losses, with 99% of the population breathing in toxic air", doctors have said.

Dirty air is killing more than 500 people a week, with health harm to almost every organ of the body caused by air pollution, even at low concentrations, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) said.