Editorial / Pollution policy rethink overdue//The Daily Yo.

Editorial / Pollution policy rethink overdue Yomiuri A mild shudder went through the nation after a decision Monday by the Kobe District Court on a lawsuit filed by a group of residents demanding compensation for damage to their health caused by air pollution in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. The ruling was epochal in that it held the central government and Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation responsible for ensuring that air pollution does not exceed a set level along National Highway 43 and the Hanshin Expressway. The judgment was a virtual acceptance of some of the plaintiffs' demands for the government to introduce controls on vehicle exhaust emissions along the highways in question. === Landmark decision The district court's ruling was thoroughly unequivocal in its definition …