Features - Pollution Results in 50,000 Premature Deaths Each Year

According to an article published on the BBC Health web site, more could be done to prevent the early deaths of up to 50,000 people each year hastened by air pollution, MPs say.

A Commons Environmental Audit Committee report said failure to reduce pollution had put "enormous" cost on the NHS and could cost millions in EU fines.

It said the UK should be "ashamed" of its poor air quality which was contributing to conditions such as asthma, heart disease and cancer.

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