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Poor European test standards understate air pollution from cars

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Press Release Published 19 Oct 2004 Last modified 28 Jun 2016

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Inadequate test standards are underestimating emissions of harmful air pollutants from new cars and evidence indicates that many diesel car owners are making things worse by modifying their engines to increase power, the European Environment Agency warned today.