Landmark report estimates air pollution linked to 40,000 deaths a year

James Murray
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Full scale of health impact of poor air quality laid bare by study from Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Politicians and businesses must step up efforts to protect the public from air pollution that is linked to 40,000 deaths a year, through better monitoring, more frequent air quality alerts, and tougher...

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