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

Environmentalists say ministry's designation of city as smog-ridden would have provided funding for cleaning up the air; MK: City hall's claim of no connection between pollution and sickness 'bizarre.'

By Revital Hovel | 11:10 24.08.12 |

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

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

Environmentalists say ministry's designation of city as smog-ridden would have provided funding for cleaning up the air; MK: City hall's claim of no connection between pollution and sickness 'bizarre.'

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