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Air pollution from ships may be more harmful than road traffic emissions, port study finds

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Air pollution from ships may be more harmful than road traffic emissions, port study finds
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Scientists say ultrafine particles in cruise ship emissions associated with reduced ability to resist common virusesMore than 2.5 million cruise passengers travelled through Southampton in 2025. It is also the UK’s leading vehicle and deep-sea trading port. You can see the ships and port machinery from miles around. All of this is downwind of a city of 260,000 people.A team of 32 researchers began investigating air pollution from the docks in 2018. Their research has revealed that the types of a

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