How tackling smog could save the European economy €183bn

James Murray
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Major new report from Deloitte argues air pollution remains a huge drag on growth and tackling it can unlock massive economic and health gains

We tend to think of smog as an historic problem, in industrialised economies at least. It is the stuff of London pea-soupers, Los Angeles neo noir films from the 1970s, and Asia's fast-growth mega-cities....

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