Wednesday 13 March 2019

Air pollution responsible for more deaths than smoking, study says

Air pollution responsible for more deaths than smoking, study says The number of people dying as a result of air pollution may exceed the number killed by smoking, a major new study suggests.

German researchers estimate that as many as 8.8 million deaths per year globally can be attributed to dirty air.

In Europe alone they estimate there are more than 790,000 additional deaths as a result – double the previous estimate, which did not properly account for the additional rates of cardiovascular disease. The Independent

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