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An estimated 467,000 people die prematurely per year due to air pollution, according to a report by the European Environmental Agency. (Photo: Damián Bakarcic)

Air pollution, Europe's largest environmental health hazard

Health issues surrounding air quality were brought into the spotlight this week with World Asthma Day, which takes place every year in May.

There is no doubt that air pollution is unhealthy and that it aggravates conditions such as asthma. The seriousness of the issue is one that the European Commission has grappled with for some time.

The European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients’ Association (EFA) report that 10 times more people are killed by air pollution ...

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