Air pollution linked to 30,000 UK deaths in 2025 and costs the economy and NHS billions, warns new report
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A new report from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), whose lead author was the University of Southampton’s Professor Sir Stephen Holgate, has highlighted growing evidence about the increased range of health impacts linked to toxic air, even at low concentrations.
It urges the government to act on air pollution as a serious and preventable public health threat.
The RCP warns that air pollution affects almost every organ in the human body, estimated to contribute to the equivalent of 30,000 deaths in the UK in 2025 and cost over £27 billion annually.
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