Monitor finds Twelfth bonfires raise pollutants that lead to dementia twice above accepted limit

The amount of dangerous air pollution over Belfast during bonfire night was more than double internationally accepted levels.

Monitor finds Twelfth bonfires raise pollutants that lead to dementia twice above accepted limit

The amount of dangerous air pollution over Belfast during bonfire night was more than double internationally accepted levels.

Over a period of more than six hours, monitors recorded how the amount of potentially lethal fine particulates soared - raising concerns about health effects on the young, old, vulnerable and sick.

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