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this week the guardian launched its new european edition with an investigation that found 98% of us live in areas where the air is clogged with more toxic particles than doctors recommend we breathe 1/ 
concentrations of fine particles are highest in skopje, which i visited last month, where bad air makes people die 2-3 years too early and hits the economy with sick days, brain drain, healthcare spending and self-imposed lockdowns 2/ theguardian.com/world/2023/sep…
in belgrade, where i stopped on the way down, officials had concluded half a century ago that pollution could be cleaned up without curbing economic growth but doctors say little has changed 3/ theguardian.com/world/2023/sep…
toxic air from factories and farms has trapped people at home in crotta d'adda, a village in italy's po valley that my colleague @GiuffridaA visited, where sources of bad air include a byproduct of turning faeces into fertiliser called defecation chalk 4/ theguardian.com/world/2023/sep…
the doctor in charge of environment at the world health organisation said "we need to remind people that any time you breathe, you are breathing something toxic into your body which is having a devastating impact" 5/ theguardian.com/world/2023/sep…
there are lots of easy fixes to clean up europe's air, pollution scientist and guardian writer @DrGaryFuller explains, including actions from governments, farmers, industries and drivers 6/ theguardian.com/environment/20…
the main investigation, from @mrmatthewtaylor and @PorcelinaD, makes it clear how badly europe has been hit by air so dirty it kills some of us and makes others sick 7/ theguardian.com/environment/20…
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