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| Cycle more and plant trees: Tips to reduce air pollution | Cycle more and plant trees: Tips to reduce air pollution |
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| From Ghana to Argentina and London, air pollution is a problem that people want to solve. | From Ghana to Argentina and London, air pollution is a problem that people want to solve. |
| As part of the BBC's So I Can Breathe series, a week of stories exploring some of the different ways the world is seeking to reduce air pollution, people have been sharing their tips on how to improve the air around them. | |
| For Phoebe, Joylen and Verity, from London, the answer is to stop cutting down trees. | For Phoebe, Joylen and Verity, from London, the answer is to stop cutting down trees. |
| Students at 50 London schools breathe air that exceeds legal pollution limits. | Students at 50 London schools breathe air that exceeds legal pollution limits. |
| "Toxic air audits" have been announced by the mayor of London to combat the problem. | "Toxic air audits" have been announced by the mayor of London to combat the problem. |
| According to the US Forest Service, trees reduce urban air pollution by only up to 1%, but even this can have significant health benefits. | According to the US Forest Service, trees reduce urban air pollution by only up to 1%, but even this can have significant health benefits. |
| Areej also wants to plant trees in urban areas of Damascus to improve air quality. | Areej also wants to plant trees in urban areas of Damascus to improve air quality. |
| Wood-burning stoves are a cause of high household air pollution levels and have been linked to four million premature deaths annually, according to the World Health Organization. | Wood-burning stoves are a cause of high household air pollution levels and have been linked to four million premature deaths annually, according to the World Health Organization. |
| Adboulie Sey thinks they should be banned from Gambia and solar energy promoted instead. | Adboulie Sey thinks they should be banned from Gambia and solar energy promoted instead. |
| Africa's new breed of solar energy entrepreneurs | Africa's new breed of solar energy entrepreneurs |
| A tax on wood stoves is another solution, suggested by Karen Baines on Twitter. | A tax on wood stoves is another solution, suggested by Karen Baines on Twitter. |
| Improving how we travel is a common concern. | Improving how we travel is a common concern. |
| Adelaide Arthur wants to use her bike more in order to cut pollution in Accra. | Adelaide Arthur wants to use her bike more in order to cut pollution in Accra. |
| Swapping driving for cycling can reduce the number of vehicles on the road emitting pollutants such as carbon monoxide. | Swapping driving for cycling can reduce the number of vehicles on the road emitting pollutants such as carbon monoxide. |
| Girl guides helping to clean Ghana's air pollution problem | Girl guides helping to clean Ghana's air pollution problem |
| Robert Singleton suggests a ban on diesel powered vehicles would go some way to reducing pollution. | Robert Singleton suggests a ban on diesel powered vehicles would go some way to reducing pollution. |
| Improved public transport is also proposed by Maria Innes in Buenos Aires, and echoed by Oscar Soria, in New York. | Improved public transport is also proposed by Maria Innes in Buenos Aires, and echoed by Oscar Soria, in New York. |
| Mike Hall thinks government schemes to support people buying hybrid or electric cars is one way to encourage more environmentally friendly transport. | Mike Hall thinks government schemes to support people buying hybrid or electric cars is one way to encourage more environmentally friendly transport. |
| And finally Joab Frank Chakhaza wants to limit car imports in Malawi. | And finally Joab Frank Chakhaza wants to limit car imports in Malawi. |
| So I Can Breathe | So I Can Breathe |
| A week of coverage by BBC News examining possible solutions to the problems caused by air pollution. | A week of coverage by BBC News examining possible solutions to the problems caused by air pollution. |