Air pollution has significant impacts on the health of Europeans, particularly in urban areas, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA). While air quality is slowly improving, air pollution remains the single largest environmental health hazard in Europe, resulting in a lower quality of life due to illnesses and an estimated 467 000 premature deaths per year.
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This article by Marie Jaegly originally appeared on eea.europa.eu on November 23, 2016 at 11:00AM eea.europa.eu