Europe must tackle air pollution, warn UN scientists

The health effects of air pollution have been underestimated and Europe should revisit its laws to tackle the problem, UN scientists have concluded after a major review of new evidence.

Sixty international scientists, commissioned by the World Health Organization, analysed eight years of studies to see how minute specks of soot, gases such as ozone and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and other pollutants from road and rail traffic, industry and indoor fires harm human health.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background Information: Europe loses 5 million working days a year due to pollution, report says http://www.europeansources.info/record/europe-loses-5-million-working-days-a-year-due-to-pollution-report-says/

ESO: Background Information: Air Quality - 2013 (Special Reports) http://www.europeansources.info/record/air-quality-2013-special-reports/

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