WORKERS AT COPENHAGEN’S KASTRUP AIRPORT ASK FOR EU ACTION ON ULTRAFINE PARTICLES POLLUTION
February 1st, 2013
THE INSTITUTIONS of the European Union (EU) are coming under pressure to control airborne ultrafine particles at airports over concerns about the health risks they cause. The EU’s air quality directive (2008/50/EC) is currently being reviewed, and while existing new drafts do not extend the legislation to ultrafine particles (at airports or anywhere else), the European Commission is being asked to include these controls via a public consultation open until March 4. The Kastrup Copenhagen airport branch of the United Federation of Danish Workers (3F) pushed for ...
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