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Boilers burning dirty heating oils No. 4 and No. 6 produce 50% more air pollution than all of the cars and trucks in New York City and contribute to more than 3, 200 premature deaths every year, according to recent reports by the Environmental Defense Fund and the New York City Department of Health.
FORBES: Big Apple's Nasty Boilers
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There are no dams and no pollution, two man-made insults that have destroyed runs of salmon in more developed areas.
FORBES: Catch and Release
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Its guidelines say average concentrations of the tiniest pollution particles - called PM2.5 - should be no more than 10 microgrammes per cubic metre but UK standards allow up to 25.
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