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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
Environment
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Paris and its suburbs exposed to excessive air-noise pollution, research shows

Traffic drives past an electronic road sign which reads "Pollution, reduce speed", on the Paris ring road. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

More than three quarters of the population of the central Île-de-France region are "highly" exposed to both noise pollution and atmospheric pollution, according to new maps carried out by two observatories.

Nearly ten million Île-de-France residents – that's 80 percent of the population of this region – are "affected by simultaneous exposure to noise and atmospheric pollution at levels which greatly exceed the recommendations of the WHO (World Health Organisation).

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