Industrial Air Pollution Cost Europe up to €169 Billion in 2009, EEA Reveals
February 1st, 2012 | by Nicholas Brown
The 10,000 largest polluting facilities in Europe allegedly cost citizens between €102 and €169 billion in 2009. This came from a report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) of the analysis of the effects of industrial pollution on human health and the environment, and particularly the financial cost of managing those effects. The financial cost of air pollution and global warming are not usually reported or even discussed by mainstream news stations
