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When Worlds Collide #23: ‘Slow Murder’ by Subsidised Diesel Fumes
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 8 July 2012 Sometimes well-meaning yet ill-informed environmentalists can be their own worst enemy. By barking up the wrong tree, they distort public sentiments and even … Continue reading
Posted in Air Pollution, Environment, Environmental management, Environmental policy, Public health, Road Safety, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Sustainable Development, Transport
Tagged Anumita Roychowdhury, cancer, Central Environmental Authority (CEA), Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), deadly dieselisation, diesel engine fumes, Dr Rohan Samarajiva, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), lung cancer, Professor Oliver Ileperuma, World Health Organisation (WHO)
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