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Households burning smoky fuel should be monitored and prosecuted - air quality expert

John Sodeau, professor of physical chemistry at UCC, was responding to reports from the Business Post that new smoky fuel regulations are being flouted in certain towns around Ireland

Households burning smoky fuel should be monitored and prosecuted, a leading air quality expert has said.

John Sodeau, professor of physical chemistry at UCC and air quality expert, was responding to reports from the Business Post that new smoky fuel regulations are being flouted in certain towns around Ireland, as early winter data shows large spikes in air pollution. He said the current government regulations, which ban the selling of certain smoky fuels, were not ...