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Nitrogen dioxide, a toxic particle released from diesel fumes, was linked to around 6,000 deaths in Germany in 2014, according to a report released by the country’s Federal Environmental Agency (Umweltbundesamt, or UBA) this Thursday (March 8).
“This study shows how much nitrogen dioxide harms health in Germany,” the head of the Federal Office for the Environment, Maria Krautzberger, tells the Associated Press (via Time). “We should do everything to make our air clean and healthy.”
According to Reuters, the report also notes that nitrogen dioxide levels are higher than air quality standards allow in 70 cities.
Last month (February 27), Germany’s Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig—the country’s highest administrative court—ruled that cities were allowed to ban diesel cars. The decision came after Environmental Action ...
