WHO warning over Nauru detention camp and air pollution

WHO warning over Nauru detention camp and air pollution

25 JULY 2013

The World Health Organisation is calling for more investigation into the environmental risks to asylum seekers Australia is holding in a detention camp on Nauru.

A WHO environmental health specialist, Dr Rohko Kim, says concentrations of dust and phosphorous in the island’s air are already at higher levels than other countries and will increase as climate change lengthens periods of dry weather.

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Source: Radio New Zealand International

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