UN Health Agency Sets Stricter Limits For Emissions Linked To Fossil Fuels

The United Nations agency, the World Health Organization (WHO), issued on Wednesday its first update on air quality guidelines in 15 years, lowering the recommended limits of emissions, including those linked to the burning of fossil fuels. The WHO’s new guidelines, the first update since 2005, recommend air quality levels for six different pollutants, where evidence has advanced the most on health effects from exposure. When action is taken on the so-called classical pollutants—particulate matter (PM), ozone (O?), nitrogen dioxide…