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London nurseries to trial air filtration systems

Nurseries in the most polluted parts of the capital will test new air filtration systems in audits designed to cut children's exposure to toxic air.

Earlier this year the Mayor announced that 20 nurseries would receive  air quality audits and City Hall has now released the names of those taking part in the programme.

The 20 maintained nursery schools and children’s centres were selected in agreement with their local authority, based on assessments of the current annual average levels of nitrogen dioxide near the nursery. 

They are spread across 12 boroughs in the capital and include the Thomas Coram Centre in Camden, Rachel McMillan Nursery School and Children’s Centre, Greenwich, and the Triangle Nursery School in Lambeth.

Five of the nurseries will trial new indoor air quality filtration systems in the spring to test their effectiveness at reducing indoor air pollution.

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