Study: air pollution causes 800,000 extra deaths a year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide

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By mmillikinMar 12, 2019, 10:00 am192 ptsTrending
Air pollution could be causing double the number of excess deaths a year in Europe than has been estimated previously, according to a study published in the European Heart Journal. Using a new method of modeling the effects of various sources of outdoor air pollution on death rates, the researchers found that…

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