00:00A thick pollution cloud has been covering Montenegro's town of Plevlia over the past
00:06week, with the Environment Agency issuing a warning to citizens on Tuesday to stay indoors
00:12due to high concentration of sulfur dioxide in the air.
00:16The northern town is dominated by a nearby coal mine and thermopower plant, which experts
00:21say are major sources of air pollutants.
00:24As smoke from chimneys mixes with fog, residents say households using coal and wet firewood
00:30are a key cause of the pollution.
00:32The main problem, the main problem is the individual allergies.
00:40The individual allergies are chaos.
00:45The oil in the air is a lot of water.
00:56I haven't seen it in the past few days.
01:02It's wet.
01:04Doctors at the local hospital have warned of an increase in breathing problems among young
01:08children, with some requiring oxygen treatment.
01:12Environmentalists say pollution worsened after the coal-fired power plant resumed operations
01:18three weeks ago without activating its desulphurization unit.
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