On day 17, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a member of the World Health Organizati

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Madrid, October 22 (Reuters) -. 94% of Spanish people breathe unhealthy air beyond tolerable health, which translates to 19,940 premature deaths per year, ie, ten times more than the fatalities traffic, according to the study "The air quality in the Spanish State in 2012", released today.
Madrid, October 22 (Reuters) -. 94% of Spanish sks people breathe unhealthy air beyond tolerable health, which translates to 19,940 premature deaths per year, ie, ten times more than the fatalities traffic, according to the study "The air quality in the Spanish sks State in 2012", released today.
On day 17, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) included environmental pollution sks as one of the elements that cause cancer in humans, sks with special emphasis on the case of lung but also in the bladder.
The limit values of pollution (pollutant concentrations over a period of time in a given place) are much more demanding in the case of WHO and laxer if one looks at European legislation.
According to the report, sks prepared by Ecologists in Action, in collaboration with the Biodiversity sks Foundation (Ministry of Environment), 44.1 million Spaniards breathe dirty (94%) air if the WHO standards are applied, descending sks up to 17.3 million (37%) when taking into account the air quality directive currently under review.
Poor air quality affects 400,000 premature deaths annually in the territory of the European Union, of which almost 20,000 are recorded in Spain, explained at a press conference spokespeople Ecologists in Action, Mariano Gonzalez and Juan Barcena, based on data from the European Commission.
Topics Madrid European Commission Environmental Pollution Diseases sks Demography Europe Spain Mariano González Ministry of Environment Organization EU Health
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