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Together for Clean Air

Samen voor Zuivere Lucht is an initiative to encourage citizens and local authorities to inform themselves about air quality and to take action themselves.

Together for Pure Air wants to activate and inform citizens and local authorities.

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Why is clean air important?


Clean air is essential for our health . Poor air quality leads to respiratory complaints, cardiovascular diseases, cancer and in some cases even to premature death. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 90% of the world's people inhale too many pollutants. Clean air is important to reduce the impact of air pollution on health. That is why we must limit the emission of polluting substances as much as possible.

Air quality and climate are closely linked. After all, sources of air pollution are often also sources of greenhouse gases. Taking action in favor of air quality also means good news for the climate.

Finally, vegetation also suffers from air pollution: too much ozone reduces the growth of agricultural crops and forests. A high supply of nitrogen from the air causes acidification and eutrophication of the soil and reduces biodiversity.
So you can safely say that good air quality is important for the health of people, nature and the environment.

More information about this on the page " About air quality ".

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