A NEW air quality monitoring station has been set up in Edmonton ahead of tough anti-pollution rules.
The equipment has been installed in Salisbury Upper School in Nightingale Road by Enfield Council.
Europe-wide regulations forcing local authorities to take action to reduce pollution have recently been agreed.
And the new equipment will provide data to help Enfield Council reduce air pollution by the 2005 target date.
"We are on target in terms of review and assessing pollution in Enfield," said a spokesman.
"There are areas with too much pollution."
Enfield Council has a three-stage action plan to reduce pollution.
The first is to review the air quality throughout the borough.
Further monitoring stations will then be set up and air quality management measures introduced.
North London MEP Pauline Green said: "This is good news for people who suffer conditions such as asthma.
"For the first time, all 15 countries in the European Union will have common legally-binding limits for air pollution."
The four groups of substances covered by the new rules are sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, fine particles and lead.
Car exhausts and industrial emissions will be the main sources of pollution affected.
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