Environmental pollution — from filthy air to contaminated
water — is killing more people every year than
all war and violence in
the world. More than smoking, hunger or natural disasters. More than
AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. A major study released Thursday
in The Lancet medical journal says one out of...
A major study released Thursday in The Lancet medical journal says
one out of every six premature deaths in the world in 2015 — about 9
million — could be attributed to disease from toxic exposure.
The financial cost from pollution-related death, sickness and welfare
is equally massive, the report says, costing some $4.6 trillion in
annual losses — or about 6.2 percent of the global economy.
The report marks the first attempt to pull together data on disease and death caused by all forms of pollution combined.
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