Cleaner air ‘could prevent 1, 000 premature deaths a year’ – report

Almost 1,000 lives a year could be saved on the island of Ireland if authorities adopt international guidelines on air pollution, a new report claims today. (Mar30) The major cross-border assessment reveals that around 2,600 premature deaths can be attributed to air pollution – 1,700 in the Republic and 900 in Northern Ireland – annually. […]