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@Ndeipi
You'll probably be alright in cycling in London and considering that the world is a horrible place full of other, bigger health concerns, pollution is the least of your worries. At worst you may be caught cycling behind a sputtering off-white Transit and inhale as it accelerates - this won't taste nice but probably won't hurt you much either. Unless you have asthma.
Besides, in the global perspective London pollution is mild. In poorer countries where MOT laws would empty the roads and destroy economies (as nobody could afford to maintain their car) any/every knob can drive a black cloud machine all day long. Indeed one bus overtook another today, just ahead of me. I lost sight of this accelerating bus and then the entire road as everything was engulfed in thick, swirling black fumes. Despite my defence of squinting and holding my breath through five long seconds of opaque air, I still left the other side with incompletely combusted smoke particulates abusing my nasal cavities. I get this every 2km or so and I don't think it's really damaging. But I guess I'll find out.