Calls for air testing as West Lothian whisky distillery expands

The development of large new whisky maturation bonds in northern Livingston has prompted a local councillor to call for air quality monitoring to be set up.

Councillor Adamson told a meeting of the Public and Community Safety Policy Development and Scrutiny Panel : "Instead of having two maturation warehouses were now going to have 20 so if the air quality, as described by locals was bad then, then obviously with this new building it's going to get worse. So can this become an area which can be monitored in this way?.

However, the black mould, , or more colloquially known as the the Angel's Share, is a widely known and contested side effect of the whisky maturation process. It covers buildings, cars, road signs- even foliage.However it is regarded as an aesthetic issue and not one that would be monitored under existing air quality legislation.

Monitoring sites were initially set up in Linlithgow Newton and Broxburn. There are 24 sites around the county which are monitored.

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