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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10860

6 June 2013
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 28
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) environment
Air quality - vital for health and economy

Brussels, 05/06/2013 (Agence Europe) - Janez Potocnik, European Commissioner for the Environment, gave a wake-up call in the interest of public health, but also in the interest of the European economy, on 4 June to mark the start of European Green Week, this year to be devoted to air quality (see EUROPE 10857). Stressing that air pollution in urban areas caused more than 400,000 premature deaths in the EU in 2010 and “is set to become the world's leading cause of premature deaths, taking...

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