Action to tackle air pollution failing to keep up with research

Globally, outdoor air pollution is second only to tobacco as greatest cause of lung and respiratory cancersThis year marks a decade since the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) gathered in Lyon, France, to unanimously declare that air pollution caused cancer in humans.Air pollution was classified as a type 1 carcinogen, the most certain category possible. This was mainly based on more than 20 years of research in particle pollution and lung cancer. Continue reading...