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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Gary Fuller

Action to tackle air pollution failing to keep up with research

A road sign in London displays a pollution warning.
A road sign in London displays a pollution warning. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

This year marks a decade since the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) gathered in Lyon, France, to unanimously declare that air pollution caused cancer in humans.

Air pollution was classified as a type 1 carcinogen, the most certain category possible. This was mainly based on more than 20 years of research in particle pollution and lung cancer.

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