United Kingdom: Heathrow third runway may triple number of early deaths from pollution, report warns

Telegraph: A third runway at Heathrow would triple the number of early deaths from pollution linked to the airport, a new study claims. In contrast, moving London's main airport to the Thames Estuary - a plan championed by London mayor Boris Johnson - would cut the number of deaths, the report by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Cambridge University says. They say a third runway at Heathrow would increase deaths from air pollution linked to the airport from the current 50 a year to...

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