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EEA: Cleaner air could have saved 178 000 lives across EU
Particles in the air caused about 6 500 premature deaths in Belgium in 2019. Here we see Brussels’ skyline covered with smog on a cold and dry winter’s day /Belga
Air pollution is one of the most important environmental threats to human health, killing seven million people annually worldwide. However, figures are improving, states the European Environmental Agency (EEA) in a recent report ‘Health impacts of air pollution in Europe’. Air pollution – and especially the presence of fine particles in the air – caused
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