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Asthma sufferers who blamed car fumes receive payment

Respiratory victims of Tokyo's diesel haze accept cash settlement.

Asthma patients in Tokyo today welcomed a monetary settlement from car manufacturers and the Japanese government, according to a report in Agence France Presse. The payment resolves a decade-long legal battle in which asthmatics blamed diesel traffic fumes for their illness.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on August 20, 2007 10:06 AM |

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