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Published online 17 August 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070813-11
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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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