Researcher Bertil Forsberg, professor of environmental medicine at Umeå University, hardly thinks that Umeå as a city can beat itself up when it comes to air quality in the city. - We see a continued impact on both younger and older people because we have such bad air in certain parts of the city, he says.
The biggest challenge is to change and start using alternative means of transport by car.
- The fact that Umeå has less of the particles that affect many in Central Europe does not mean that we do enough here in Umeå, says the environmental professor.
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