London has initiated the act of spraying its roads with a dust suppressant in order to fight against increased air pollution levels.

The capital is almost near to European Union legal limits for particulate matter (PM10), a pollutant released essentially by engine emissions which comes out of the tire and brake wearings.

London Mayor Boris Johnson aims for a six month trial for spraying the dust suppressant, designed to stop vehicle emissions re-circulating and choking citizens, which will lower the PM10 levels by 10 to 20 percent.

He further adds:"We expect this new measure to have an immediate impact on air quality in the most polluted areas of central London."

Recent tests performed on Sweden, Norway, Austria, Italy and Germany have recorded similar success, Johnson claimed. The dust suppressant has been composed of calcium magnesium acetate, which works in a manner by sticking the particulate matter to the road.

Johnson will be running the trail in two of London's worst affected areas, Victoria Embankment by the Thames River and the road west of King's Cross station, at a price of 300,000 pounds.

Johnson further added:"We have scoured the globe to find new ways to tackle pollution and found this wonderful contraption that tackles air quality head on, sticking particles to the roads' surface and preventing their dastardly escape back into the air we breathe."