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EU Governments Move Closer to Agreement to Cut Air Pollution

June 29, 2006

Luxembourg - European Union governments moved closer Tuesday to agreeing on tough plans to reduce air pollution, which the European Commission claims kills 370,000 citizens a year.

EU environment ministers agreed on a new draft bill to reduce all major pollutants, notably airborne particles emitted directly into the air, which experts say are the most dangerous to human health and which are found in smog and ground-level ozone.

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