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| Pollution warning as Saharan desert dust blows across South East | |
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| Air pollution may be high in south-east England as a flow of air brings Saharan dust from north Africa. | Air pollution may be high in south-east England as a flow of air brings Saharan dust from north Africa. |
| Parts of the Kent coast are expected to be the worst-affected, the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has forecast. | Parts of the Kent coast are expected to be the worst-affected, the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has forecast. |
| Defra advice is for people with lung and heart problems and older people to reduce or avoid strenuous physical activity, particularly outdoors. | Defra advice is for people with lung and heart problems and older people to reduce or avoid strenuous physical activity, particularly outdoors. |
| Asthmatics may need to use their reliever inhaler more often, it added. | Asthmatics may need to use their reliever inhaler more often, it added. |
| Anyone experiencing discomfort such as sore eyes, cough or sore throat should also consider reducing activity. | Anyone experiencing discomfort such as sore eyes, cough or sore throat should also consider reducing activity. |
| Defra has a 10-point scale for measuring air quality - with level one implying a "low" risk of air pollution and 10 warning of "very high" levels. |