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Guardian investigation finds 98% of Europeans breathing highly damaging polluted air linked to 400,000 deaths a year

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why is it so bad in Northern Italy?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's where all the Italian industry is at.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was wondering if the alps also contribute by trapping the smog there

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Probably a bit. It's the Po valley after all. But it's mostly the density of industry.