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Graphic Online BY: Kester Aburam Korankye 30.5k Shares 705 Air pollution in the capital city is rising at an alarming rate and it can be detrimental to the health of the public, a senior lecturer at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has said. Mr Kofi Amegah, who is also a member of the Public Health Research Group of the Department of Biomedical Sciences, UCC, said street vendors, police, traffic wardens, toll booth and fuel station attendants and commuters were among the most vulnerable groups of persons that could suffer respiratory and cardiovascular diseases due to the rise in air pollution in Accra.

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