According to the European Environment Agency approx 430.000 people die every year around the world due to the atmosphere polluted by industry and exhaust gas. Millions of people suffer from asthma and bronchitis, a fact that burdens health funds with billions of euros.
Specialists in environmental issues from 27 EU countries sought solutions last Friday in Brussels, in order to protect the health of citizens, and considered proposals that could lead to tackling air pollution. So they agreed on a draft 77 of pages that determines the permissible limit of pollutants with which they will burden the atmosphere 55.000 industries of Europe. These are primarily mercury emissions, suspended particles, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide. The draft also sets out which exemptions and which deadlines still apply in the EU.






