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Two thirds of EU faced harmful ozone levels during heatwave: report

Ozone levels soared during the punishing heatwave that baked Europe in June, a new report shows.

PARIS (FRANCE) - Two thirds of the European Union's population may have been exposed to harmful levels of ozone pollution during last month's record-breaking heatwave, according to a report shared with AFP.

Nearly 300 million people, including 100 million children and elderly people, faced higher-than-recommended levels of the toxic pollutant during the punishing heat in late June, according to the report from the NGO Global Witness exclusively provided to AFP.

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