EU: 1,200 minors victims of smog

EU: 1,200 minors victims of smog

EU: 1,200 minors victims of smog


Every year over 1,200 minors in Europe are victims of air pollution. Thus the European Environment Agency: traffic, heating and industrial emissions are main sources of smog in the 27 EU countries and in Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey. In recent years "emissions have decreased, but the levels of air pollution are not yet safe", says the agency, recommending to specific political governments for the protection of children and adolescents: create "clean air areas" around schools