Pollution campaign
The Burngreave Community Action Forum (BCAF) Health Group
has been looking at the effects of pollution in the Burngreave area.
We have tried to find out how high the pollution levels are and
what the effect is on people’s health, and we’ve discovered
no-one knows. There is an air quality monitoring station at Firshill
School but they haven’t reported back yet. It is hoped the
Environmental Protection Service will come to a meeting next year
to give us this information.
The Primary Care Trust are being asked to find out how many children
in our local schools have asthma. We are also working with Park
Landfill Action Group to support their efforts.
Watch this space for more news.
If you have any health issues to raise come to the next Health
Group meeting which is on 19th January at 5.30pm at
BCAF, 12–14 Burngreave Road, S3 9DD.
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