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Campaigners today rounded on Boris Johnson's mayoral strategy for cleaning up London's air, claiming that the measures to tackle a key public health issue are not "fit for purpose".

Johnson has been under pressure to produce a credible package of measures to tackle London's poor air quality, which sees an estimated 4,267 Londoners dying prematurely each year because of long-term exposure to airborne pollution, according to figures released by city hall this year.

Johnson's third and final version of his air quality strategy, published today, outlines a number of measures – most for improving London's air quality, which is the worst in the UK and among the worst among European cities.

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The 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 163 countries on 25 performance indicators tracked across ten policy categories covering both environmental public health and ecosystem vitality. These indicators provide a gauge at a national government scale of how close countries are to established environmental policy goals.

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