Air pollution risk from regional conflict ‘minimal’

The likelihood of air quality in Cyprus being affected by chemicals from regional hostilities is minimal, air quality control officer Chrysanthos Savvides said on Wednesday.

Savvides explained that dust reaching Cyprus from the Middle East as a result of bombing is highly unlikely to contain chemical emissions.

Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, he said that scientific data and analyses from past conflicts in Syria and Israel had not detected concentrations of substances associated with chemical weapons.