Petition updateStop massive cruise ships belching toxic fumes near homes and schools #NoToxicPortFancy a cruise? All depends whether you fancy toxic air
Isle of Dogs with egra.londonLondon, ENG, United Kingdom
Feb 2, 2017
Just in case you were beginning to get complacent about Enderby Wharf, here's a sobering article in the Telegraph on pollution. Apparently passengers on a cruise ship could be inhaling “60 times higher concentrations of harmful air pollutants ” than they would in natural air settings. The air quality on board a cruise ship just after it left Marseille, measured by a journalist for the French documentary television series Thalassa and analysed by NABU, revealed that at peak levels, the concentration of harmful ultra-fine particles was up to 200 times higher than it would be in natural fresh air surroundings and 20 times worse than in the busy city centres of some port cities, including Venice, Marseille, Hamburg and Barcelona, with heavy traffic. For more please read the attached ...
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