Air Pollution Now Linked to 1 in 8 Deaths Worldwide, UN Health Agency Reports

by Gary Kopycinski on March 25, 2014

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Air pollution now linked to 1 in 8 deaths worldwide. Photo: World Bank/Curt Carnemark

GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–25 March 2014 – Air pollution – both indoor and outdoor – killed some 7 million people across the globe in 2012, making it the world’s largest single environmental health risk, according to new figures released today by the UN World Health Organization (WHO).