Car idling outside schools putting kids 'health at risk'
Plaid Cymru's Delyth Jewell MS raised concerns in the Welsh Parliament, highlighting the impact of parked vehicles with running engines on air quality, particularly outside schools.
Ms Jewell said: "Stationary idling is something that people do sometimes without thinking, but it is so deeply damaging to children's lungs."
She called for a ban on stationary idling to be introduced before the next Senedd election.
Ken Skates MS, cabinet secretary for transport, supported the call and described the behaviour as 'truly antisocial.
Mr Skates said: "I just cannot comprehend why parents would leave their cars idling around not just their children but other children."
Joseph Carter, head of Asthma + Lung UK Cymru, warned that children are especially vulnerable to emissions, despite idling already being an offence.
He said: "Car idling produces up to 150 balloons of exhaust emissions per minute."
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