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Industrial air pollution has high economic cost

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Press Release Published 21 Nov 2014 Last modified 23 Dec 2016

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Air pollution from Europe's largest industrial facilities cost society at least €59 billion, and possibly as much as €189 billion in 2012, according to an assessment published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA). Half of these damage costs were caused by just 1 % of the industrial plants.