AIR POLLUTION TESTS
September 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLA MASS experiment to measure European citizens' exposure to air pollution has been launched by the European Commission, which will involve 2,000 volunteers wearing a monitoring device for 12 hours on a given day. These tests will take place in 10 large European cities, namely Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Dublin, Cracow, Lisbon, Ljubljana, Madrid, Paris and Rome. The study will focus on carginogens, which have long-term effects, and first to be examined will be benzene. The experiment - called PEOPLE - will, said the European Commission: "Measure ...
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