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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Nicola Davis Science correspondent

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Cutting air pollution improves children s lung development study shows - The Untold Story

Car exhaust fumes
The researchers said the results sent ‘a strong message to policymakers and city planners’. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters

Reducing air pollution could improve lung function development in children and cut the numbers of young people with significant pulmonary impairments, research suggests.

The impact of air pollution on health has become a topic of intense concern in recent years, with research suggesting it can affect every organ in the body and the World Health Orgazisation noting children’s developing organs and nervous systems are more susceptible to long-term damage.

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