EU Makes Major Advance in Tackling Deadly Air Pollution

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image The smog over Krakow from the chimneys of a power plant in Krakow, Poland on January 10, 2024. © 2024 Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via AP Photo Air pollution is easy to ignore. It’s often hard to see, little more than an intense hue on the horizon at sunset or a disconcerting tint in the sky seen from a plane window when landing. It often harms or kills us via illnesses that take years to manifest: cardiovascular diseases, stroke, asthma, and lung cancer. In 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized air pollution as the single biggest environmental threat to…

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