Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The rapidly growing car population in East African cities is driving fears of increased rise in lung diseases linked to pollutants from car fumes, cooking stoves and the soot from industries found mostly near low income settlements in urban centres, state officials have warned Full text...
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