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Pollution Killed 7 Million People Worldwide in 2012, Report Finds

2014-03-26 01:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: From taxi tailpipes in Paris to dung-fired stoves in New Delhi, air pollution claimed seven million lives around the world in 2012, according to figures released Tuesday by the World Health Organization. More than one-third of those deaths, the organization said, occurred in fast-developing nations of Asia, where rates of cardiovascular and pulmonary disease have been soaring. Around the world, one out of every eight deaths was tied to dirty air, the agency determined - twice as many as previously...

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