DutchNews, August 21, 2017
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Environmental
organisation Milieudefensie is taking the Dutch government to court this week,
demanding it takes immediate action to ensure air quality meets official
directives.
The case will be heard by judges in The Hague on Wednesday.
Milieudefensie claims that the government has been damaging citizens’ health
for years. ‘Every day we breathe in unhealthy air and that means tens of
thousands of people get ill and thousands die as a consequence,’ a spokesman
told the Parool.
The paper said a recent health board report revealed the air
quality in Amsterdam has not improved in recent years and concentrations of
nitrogen dioxide have worsened.
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