Probably the best place to put this.
Southern and eastern England has seen 'very high levels' of pollution the last couple of days Thanks to a load of dust travelling North from the Sahara and pollution from the near continent. This has lead to a multitude of headlines as if the world was ending. We've been told we mustn't go out into he air because it is so dangerous. Today's front pages delivered shocking headlines, For example a punter on the river cam yesterday was spotted with a face mask but today it has got a lot worse. The Prime Minister, David Cameron has cancelled his morning run.
I read a tweet earlier that summed it up. Paris has also seen high pollution levels so yesterday banned all cars in the centre and made public transport free. What does the British government do? Tell you not to go cycling incase you breathe something bad in. A school in London was even shut yesterday.
You may be reading this thinking what's my problem? If it's bad for your health it's all good advice but the thing is, unless you have chronic asthma or breathing problems the chances are you'll be fine. Cities in Asia for example suffer from serious smog. We need to stop hyping everything up.