Filters for Black Cabs Are Making the Air Dirtier

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ANTI-POLLUTION filters being fitted to black cabs have actually increased toxic emissions by up to 1,000 per cent.

Mayor Ken Livingstone ordered 16,000 taxis to be fitted with the filters - at Pounds 2,000 a time and paid for with a 20p fare rise - to improve London's air quality. But all four types of filter made emissions of dangerous gases worse, independent tests showed.

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Filters for Black Cabs Are Making the Air Dirtier

Even the "best" allowed 30 per ce...

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