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Letter: Call for the Health Ministry to get engaged on clean air and support evidence-based air quality standards

HEAL has sent a letter to EU-27 health ministries to call on them to get engaged on clean air and support evidence-based air quality standards.

The letter was accompanied by a Q&A on air pollution and the benefits of clean air policies. The letter as well as QA are available in multiple languages: 

English: letter & Q/ABulgarian: Q/A
Dutch: Q/AItalian: letter & Q/A
Spanish: letter & Q/APortuguese: letter & Q/A
Polish: letter & Q/ASlovenian: letter & Q/A
Czech: Q/ASwedish: Q/A
Polish: Q/AGermany: Q/A

 

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