UK: NO SOLUTION TO CUT PARTICULATES IN AIR
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The Government has not found a solution to the problem of deadly particulates found in polluted air. A way to reduce these particulates to levels deemed safe by health experts has not been possible. The microscopic particles in the exhaust fumes of diesel engines are found to hasten the deaths of 8,000 elderly people a year through respiratory infections. Environment minister Michael Meacher's new air quality strategy sets objectives for cutting eight key air pollutants such as carbon monoxide, NO2 and benzene. A reduction target for particulates has been abandoned. Particulates drift into Britain from across the Channel and North Sea influenced by sources from continental Europe making control problematically.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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UK: LOCAL COUNCILS TO CLEAN UP POLLUTED LAND
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Currently there are anywhere between 5,000 and 20,000 badly polluted landsites which are only cleaned up when deemed to jeopardise human health. However, with effect from April 2000, local councils will be legally required to arrange for such sites to be cleaned up, with the polluters liable for the cost or, if unknown, the owners of the land will have to pay. The Environment Agency has written to 350 industrial firms asking them to loo at land they own and, if necessary, clean up contamination before they are forced to do so.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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UK: STUDY REVEALS IMPACT OF TRAFFIC POLLUTION
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The effects of traffic pollution in London killed 380 people compared with the 226 road accident fatalities in 1998, according to an NHS Executive-commissioned study. The study estimates that a further 1,200 people end up in hospital due to transport-related pollution, with another 0.5mn experiencing breathing difficulties. Air pollution is said to render the lungs less able to deal with viruses, making people more vulnerable to infection.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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