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Teacher: Pollution is toxic for education
Birmingham Mail
|August 01, 2025
BIRMINGHAM PUPILS 'STRUGGLING TO BREATHE' AND FEELING TIRED
CHILDREN in Birmingham are coming to school tired, struggling to breathe or even missing school altogether because of toxic air, a teacher has claimed.
A city school teacher, who worked in Perry Barr and Lozells, opened up on his first hand-experience, branding air pollution a “crisis that’s harming our health”.
Ibrahim Ali spoke of having to ‘step back’ from his career in teaching in a new Health Equals campaign urging the Government to prioritise action tackling air pollution.
Alarming new figures from its report this week revealed every school - all 506 - in Birmingham is failing World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on air pollution - with thousands of kids exposed to double the amount stipulated in guidelines.
Areas like Ladywood, Erdington and Perry Barr are among the worst affected in Britain, its data showed.
This story is from the August 01, 2025 edition of Birmingham Mail.
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