Poor air quality can be linked to an estimated 1,300 deaths annually in Ireland, according to recent research.
The Environmental Protection Agency have released their annual report on air quality in Ireland, which found that some parts of Ireland do not match the World Health Organisation’s guidelines on air pollutants. Traffic was noted as having a detrimental effect on the health of people residing in towns and cities.
Pat Byrne, the EPA’s programme manager, spoke to RTE about the report’s findings and the potential impact the fuel crisis could have on air quality in Ireland. He also asked people to consider changing their energy consumption as a direct response to the report’s findings on health.
