According to Friends of the Earth (FoE), the results highlight the fact that the UK’s natural environment is among the poorest in the world.
The activists examined if pollution levels in the air, water, noise, and light had risen to the point that they were endangering the lives of certain iconic British species, such as native bats and bees that are crucial for cross-pollinating.
Places where pollution exceeds all four limits are considered hotspots.
These could be areas with poisonous vapors that prevent honeybees from detecting fragrances, waterways where the untreated disposal of raw sewage can kill fish, or noisy enough environments that make it impossible for creatures like birds or reptiles to communicate or locate.
It was discovered that in England, over one in four (27.5%) of the neighborhoods had exceeded all four benchmarks.
There were none who crossed the zero threshold, and many more who crossed two or three.
Chelsea and Fulham in London were the constituency with the unfortunate distinction of having the largest number of pollution hotspots when the “hotspot” neighborhoods were plotted on a map.
However, not all ten of the top constituencies were in London; Worsley and Eccles in Greater Manchester, Salford, and the capital’s Vauxhall, Camberwell, and Battersea were in second and third place, respectively.
