DOCTORS in Scotland have called for air quality monitors to be placed at all urban primary schools for at least a year amid fears youngsters are being exposed to 'life-altering' pollution.
The Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh (RCPE) has made the recommendation to MSPs amid concerns over a lack of robust data on air quality around schools despite the known health risks from pollution - especially in young children.
The College's Working Group on Air Pollution and Health said a year-long trial of air quality monitors outside city primary schools would provide reliable measurements and avoid the results being skewed by seasonal variation in pollution levels.
The process should be then replicated at the country’s urban secondary schools, said the College.
