Millions of Brits worry about air pollution daily thanks to concerns about the damage it is doing to their health and the environment, it has been revealed. Air pollution causes more than 500,000 premature deaths in Europe every year, according to fresh figures from the European Environment Agency. And research has found around a fifth of adults worry about the dangers of dirty air with 74 per cent admitting they could do more to lead an environmentally-friendly lifestyle. Londoners (55 per cent) are most concerned about the effects of air pollution, followed by those in Edinburgh (52 per cent) and Manchester (50 per cent).