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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8299

18 September 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/research
Inauguration in several cities of Europe of a Commission research project to control the population's exposure to benzene

Brussels, 17/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - In Brussels on Tuesday, the European Commission presented the People research project (Population Exposure to Air Pollutants in Europe) which has as goal to measure the effects of air pollution on human health by focusing on one pollutant: benzene contained in petrol, and on two sources that emit this carcinogenic component: transport and smokers. In the framework of the project, two thousand volunteers adepts of different forms of transport (private...

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