Air pollution linked to nearly 2,000 child deaths a day: report (www.rawstory.com)

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Nearly 2,000 children die every day from health problems linked to air pollution, which is now the second biggest risk factor for early death worldwide, a report said Wednesday.

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[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 8 points 1 year ago

Really interesting article. Here are a couple highlights but this one is worth clicking on to read in its entirety, even the original to give it the clicks it needs.

This means air pollution has overtaken tobacco use and poor diet to become the second leading risk factor for early death, behind only high blood pressure, it said.

Nearly every person in the world breathes unhealthy levels of air pollution every day, the report found.

I found the parts about the "spikes" especially interesting.

[-] treadful@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

Article is vague about it, but what are the causes of death? I assume there's a bunch. Though I wouldn't expect children to get lung cancer, for instance.

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