Andean cities choked by traffic pollution
Published on July 16, 2024
The air in Andean cities is heavily polluted by traffic, which produces emissions that are very harmful to health, say IRD specialists, involved researcher from the Institut des géosciences de l’environnement (IGE-OSUG) and their Bolivian partners, who recommend that health risks should be assessed on the basis of the dangerousness of the particles emitted and not the quantity.
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