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Carbon-cutting policies could save billions in healthcare costs
2014-08-25 17:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Efforts launched to curb greenhouse gas emissions could pay for themselves, according to a new study investigating the potential healthcare savings of reductions in pollution. It is already widely accepted by scientists that carbon-cutting policies, introduced primarily to mitigate climate change, can have positive impacts on human health. Experts have suggested that a reduction in harmful air pollution would cut the rates of conditions such as asthma and other health problems, possibly including...
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