One year ago the Welsh Government published their ambitious Clean Air Plan. It represented a huge step forward in our fight to clean up our air and create a cleaner, greener, and healthier Wales. The Clean Air Bill that was promised had developed meaningful cross-party support in the Senedd and real change felt possible. All four parties promised to prioritise air pollution and introduce a Clean Air Bill in their manifesto, the First Minister even mentioned it in his first post-election speech. However the Clean Air Bill is still yet to be developed. Poor air quality has been linked to the development of several conditions, with growing evidence highlighting the high levels of air pollution impacting every level of society by increasing the chances of lung cancer, childhood asthma, miscarriage, premature birth/low birth weight, heart disease, dementia, mental health, obesity, and many other conditions. Air pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats to public health, second only to smoking. It is also bad for our planet - causing climate-changing emissions and impacting nature, as demonstrated by the rise in flooding across Wales. We're asking you to email your MS to ask them to support the introduction of a new Clean Air Bill this year. | 
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