ClimateDesk: The country`s pollution could contribute to 257,000 deaths over the next decade.
If nothing is done to slash the levels of toxic smog in China`s air, some 257,000 Chinese people could die over the next decade from pollution-related diseases, according to a new study released this week by Peking University and Greenpeace. That really is a lot of people; it`s roughly equal to the population of Orlando, Fla., or Buffalo, N.Y.
The researchers analyzed the 2013 levels of what`s known as PM2.5 pollutants--tiny...