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Polish city’s smog woes sometimes trump Beijing

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Of the 50 European cities choking on high levels of smog, 33 are Polish. In Silesia, a southern mining region, air quality is sometimes worse than in Beijing or Delhi and the number of smog-related diseases is growing.

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