Teresa Cerojano
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/ 5 October 2006

WHO calls for improved air quality

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday called on governments to improve air quality in their cities, saying air pollution prematurely kills two million people a year, with more than half the deaths in developing countries. Reducing the kind of pollution known as PM10 — or particulate matter with particles of smaller than 10 micrometers — could save as many as 300 000 lives every year.