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Air pollution is responsible for 40,000 early deaths and over 20,000 hospital admissions every year across the UK. It's an invisible threat, but one which damages every organ and every cell in the body.

Currently, UK legislation to protect public health from air pollution is weak and legal limits for fine particulate pollution or 'PM 2.5' - which is small enough to penetrate deep into the lungs - are more than double the targets recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).

In this video, emergency medic Dr Sandy Robertson speaks to Prof Andrew Goddard, President of the Royal College Physicians, about the impact of high air pollution events on A&E demand.

To find out more about the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change, and to support our campaign for stronger protections for environmental and public health, head to: ukhealthalliance.org/sign-up