The Air That He Breathes?

Doctors maintain that a 5-year old boy in Staffordshire (England), with respiratory health problems, is having his life expectancy shortened by hydrogen sulphide fumes. The fumes are from a landfill rubbish site near his home (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/16/environment-agency-must-do-more-to-protect-boy-5-from-landfill-fumes-rules-court). A High Court judge has ruled that the Environmental Agency (the governmental body charged with working "to create better places for people and wildlife, and support sustainable development") "must do more" to protect the boy. The EA has been having a difficult time with reduced funding and the Covid19 pandemic (both resulting in fewer inspections and lowered standards). It is also getting much more difficult for the general public to a) demonstrate about environmental issues or b) bring legal cases against government (and other) agencies. The necessity for clean air, in the case of this boy is obvious. Many children in UK inner cities, however, are exposed daily to health-damaging (and life-shortening) traffic fumes. Their parents are rarely in a position to effectively complain.