包括气候活动人士格蕾塔·通贝里在内的150名科学家、议员和活动人士已敦促英国政府对空气污染造成的健康不平等现象进行国家调查1。研究数据显示，低收入地区的空气污染水平持续高于富裕地区，其中少数族裔人口的污染暴露程度约比白人人口高出6%1。
空气污染对儿童健康的影响尤为严重1。2025年数据表明，英格兰11个城市及地区有超过20万名儿童因呼吸困难入院，其中超过12万名为婴幼儿1。曼彻斯特的婴幼儿入院情况更是急剧恶化，从2023年的653例增加至2025年的1072例1。此外，罗莎蒙德·阿杜-基西-德布拉的9岁女儿是英国首例死亡证书上明确列有空气污染作为致死原因的人1。英国政府订立的目标是到2030年将有害颗粒物暴露减少近三分之一1。
A coalition of 150 scientists, lawmakers, and activists has called on the UK government to investigate the disproportionate health effects of air pollution on disadvantaged communities 1. The group, which includes climate activist Greta Thunberg, highlights evidence that low-income areas experience persistently higher pollution levels than wealthy neighborhoods, while ethnic minority populations face approximately 6 percent greater exposure to harmful air pollutants compared to white populations 1.
The urgency of the matter is underscored by alarming hospitalization data from 2025, with more than 200,000 children across eleven English cities and regions admitted to hospital due to respiratory difficulties, including over 120,000 infants 1. Manchester has seen particularly sharp increases, with infant hospitalizations rising from 653 cases in 2023 to 1,072 cases in 2025 1. The campaigners' push for action comes against the backdrop of Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham's 2023 decision to abandon the Clean Air Zone scheme 1. The proposed inquiry would align with the government's stated goal of reducing harmful particulate matter exposure by nearly one-third by 2030 1. The case for intervention has been further personalized by Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, whose nine-year-old daughter became the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as a cause of death on her death certificate 1.
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