Low Emission Zone: Dundee becomes second city to enforce LEZ

Air pollution levels in Scotland have been falling in recent years as newer cars generate lower pollution levels.

A study in Dundee concluded that poor air quality led to more children being admitted to hospital with lung conditions.

It suggested that children may be more vulnerable to pollution at lower levels than adults because their bodies are still growing.

Prof Jill Belch, from the University of Dundee, who led the research, said it would take a couple of years for the LEZs to show a change in the health of people living or working within them.

But she said the number of acute asthma attacks should fall very quickly.

She said: “The first thing we’ll see is that the pollution levels will come down and that’s great.

“But it’s not just hospital admissions, it’s the long-term effects with dementia and heart attacks.”