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Health Risks of Shipping Pollution have been 'Underestimated'

90,000 cargo ships travel the world's oceans. Photograph: Peter Maenhoudt/AP

Britain and other European governments have been accused of underestimating the health risks from shipping pollution following research which shows that one giant container ship can emit almost the same amount of cancer and asthma-causing chemicals as 50m cars.