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RSS FeedsOur polluted air costs us both personally and as a society
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20 january 2018 02:34:26

 
Our polluted air costs us both personally and as a society
(WorldNews Environment)
 


Fri 19 Jan, 2018 Lothian Health & Sport, Social Security, Children & Young People Website Air pollution is a true invisible killer. We take the air around us for granted, but just as fish depend on clean water, clean air is obviously vital for our health and the health of our wider environment. Back in the 1950s, smog was all too visible, and the deaths from it were front page news. The notorious Great Smog of London, even though it lasted just five days, is now believed to have killed as many as 12,000 people, and it led to the 1956 Clean Air Act. While that legislation brought about significant improvements, mostly restricting the burning of coal in urban areas, the problem has not gone...


 
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