Pollution fuels increase in early deaths

TUZLA, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA - Stuck between a landfill and a coal-fired power plant, residents of the Bosnian village of Divkovici are dying of asphyxia, poisoned by some of the most polluted air in Europe.

"In a few years, it will be like Chernobyl here: houses without souls," said unemployed Goran Stojak.

His father died last year of lung cancer, and he is afraid to undergo medical tests for fear of "bad news". He said his sons, aged 1 and 2, are already suffering from respiratory problems.