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An electronic road sign on the Paris ring road reads "Pollution" Friday March 14, 2014.

Video. EU DECODED: Governments may try to delay action on air pollution

Updated: 05/11/2024 - 16:01 GMT+1

In this episode we talk about air pollution, the biggest environmental risk to health in the European Union. The Ambient Air Quality Directive has just been revised with stricter limits, but some member states may ask to postpone it under the pretext of protecting economic activity.

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