Pollution tests 'flawed' as average car seven times over the legal limit

Dom Browne

16 October 2014

The average car produces seven times more toxic nitrogen oxides (NOx), which are linked to heart and breathing conditions, than the legal limit set down in the latest European emissions standard.

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