Prof Chris Griffiths: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Professor of Primary Care at Queen Mary University of London and the University of Oxford
- Quoted on
- Children's health, Respiratory (asthma/COPD)
- Tracked press citations
- 7 (6 with a linkable article)
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 8 Sept 2026
“Traffic pollution in cities damages children's health and development. We provide the strongest evidence yet on how these harms can be prevented. Ambitious clean air zones should be considered a priority for cities globally with traffic-related air pollution.”
What Prof Chris Griffiths has said
“Traffic pollution in cities damages children's health and development. We provide the strongest evidence yet on how these harms can be prevented. Ambitious clean air zones should be considered a priority for cities globally with traffic-related air pollution”
Professor of Primary Care at Queen Mary University of London and the University of Oxford · Children's health · 30 Sept 2026 · Introduction of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone linked to improved lung growth in children ↗
“absolutely stunned when he first saw the results saying they were "surprising and impressive"”
Queen Mary University of London · Children's health · 30 Sept 2026 · Cleaner air may help children's lungs grow, study suggests ↗
“Traffic pollution in cities damages children's health and development. We provide the strongest evidence yet on how these harms can be prevented. Ambitious clean-air zones should be considered a priority for cities globally with traffic-related air pollution.”
Professor of primary care at the University of Oxford and Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) · Children's health · 10 Sept 2026 · Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds ↗
“Traffic pollution in cities damages children's health and development. We provide the strongest evidence yet on how these harms can be prevented. Ambitious clean air zones should be considered a priority for cities globally with traffic-related air pollution.”
professor of primary care at the University of Oxford and QMUL · Respiratory (asthma/COPD) · 10 Sept 2026 · Children’s lung development improved since ULEZ introduction, study finds ↗
“This shows an ambitious clean air zone can drive pollution levels down, rapidly restoring children's stunted lung growth”
Senior author at Queen Mary University of London · Respiratory (asthma/COPD) · 8 Sept 2026 · London’s ULEZ linked to healthier lung growth in children ↗
Where Prof Chris Griffiths has been quoted
- London's Clean Air Zone Reverses Pollution Damage To Children's Lungshealthpolicy-watch.news · 30 Sept 2026
- Introduction of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone linked to improved lung growth in childrenqmul.ac.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Cleaner air may help children's lungs grow, study suggestsbbc.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study findstheguardian.com · 10 Sept 2026
- Children’s lung development improved since ULEZ introduction, study findspulsetoday.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026
- London’s ULEZ linked to healthier lung growth in childrenpositive.news · 8 Sept 2026
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