How Polluted Is It Where You Live?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42566393
fortunately I was a 1 out of 6

[ludwig]

Also 1

[naomi24]

1.

[emmie]

3 out of 6. it says slightly polluted but not sure i believe that, considering i live in the centre of the capital.

[pastafreak]

My street, and in fact all of Plymouth, is a 1. Good to know.

[naomi24]

Strange that, emmie, considering the mayor's enthusiasm for pollution reduction. I wonder where a number 6 would be?

[murraymints]

1 phew

[douglas9401]

One could be forgiven for wondering about the position of the goalposts on any given sampling day.
I'm old enough to remember almost being able to chew the air, heavy with coal smoke, diesel fumes and industrial outpourings.
There's a lot less of that about now, no smog so what are we looking for in air quality I wonder.
Some mythical Garden of Eden situation?

I'm a 1 btw.

[emmie]

anywhere there is a huge amount of traffic that gets snagged up.

[Voltage]

5/6 the joys of living right next to the A2 and bluewater!
still fingers crossed hope to be moving within next 6 months

[mikey4444]

Its a category One for me as well, although I suspect the Lower Swansea Valley would have been a Six abut 50 years ago. No pollution but there again, not many jobs either !

[emmie]

Oxford Street is a case in point and one the Mayor has been banging on about. He wants to pedestrianise parts if not all of it, can't honestly see how that will work.

[Old_Geezer]

Only NO2 though, ain't it.
Plenty of other forms of pollution if one isn't surreptitiously targeting diesel vehicles.

[Kidas]

1/6, but see also

http://aqicn.org/map/europe/#@g/53.3701/-3.7244/7z

[dannyk13]

Also 1,

[Togo]

A "1". No account is taken though, of the massive windmills that blight the view for miles out to sea.

[ummmm]

1

[ummmm]

I like the windmills.

They've put a rake of them up a mountain in Ireland and I think they look lovely.

[naomi24]

The map Kidas has posted covers the world. Have a look at the Far East.

[Old_Geezer]

I noticed a 999 value !
What the heck ?