Israeli green groups furious at Health Ministry for backtracking on Haifa air pollution

Environmentalists were outraged on Thursday over the Health Ministrys decision that Haifa should not, after all, be declared an “area suffering from air pollution,” terming it “bizarre” and “a sorry joke.

“The ministrys decision not to declare Haifa polluted under the Clean Air Law, first published in Haaretz on thursday, came after Prof. Shmuel Rishpon of Haifas municipal health office, who originally supported an official pollution designation, changed his position after meeting with municipal officials. “In weighing the advantages and disadvantages stemming from a classification of Haifa as an area suffering from air pollution, the disadvantages have more weight,” he wrote.

via Israeli green groups furious at Health Ministry for backtracking on Haifa air pollution – Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper.

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