Reducing air pollution could save 50,000 deaths a year, says new Lancet report

Reducing air pollution to World Health Organisation recommended levels would prevent more than 50,000 deaths a year across European cities, according to a new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal.

Air pollution is a major environmental cause of illness and death around the world, with city areas being hotspots for pollution and disease. [SHUTTERSTOCK]

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