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Air quality alarm: the EU is to blame for unrealistic targets

Paul Biggs, Tamworth, Staffs B77
17 December 2014
 

As 2014 draws to a close, it might well be remembered as the year of air quality alarmism. Given that air pollutants have fallen markedly since 1990, life expectancy in the UK from birth is at record levels, the pension age is being raised, and the Government struggles with the increased cost of elderly care, we might well ask where are the headline-grabbing 29,000 who supposedly die each year due to air pollution?

The fact is that the 29,000 aren’t real people – they are merely an...

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