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Soon after her son, Antonio, was born, Marzia Caccioppoli moved to Casalnuovo di Napoli, a town surrounded by countryside on the outskirts of Naples, to get away from the chaos and pollution of the sprawling southern Italian city.

“Antonio was a strong and healthy boy, but I wanted him to grow up in a place where he could breathe clean air,” she said.