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Air Pollution = Biggest Environmental Health Risk, Says WHO
by Andrea Germanos, staff writer, Common Dreams, 25 March 2014
Air pollution is the world's largest single environmental health risk, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.
According to the body's just released estimates, seven million people died in 2012 as a result of air pollution. That amounts to one in 8 deaths worldwide.
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According to the body's just released estimates, seven million people died in 2012 as a result of air pollution. That amounts to one in 8 deaths worldwide.