Berkeley Earth study calculates that air pollution contributes to 1.6M deaths per year in China

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By mmillikinAug 14, 2015, 5:03 am122 pts
In an analysis of hourly air pollution data (PM2.5,PM10, SO2, NO2, O3 and CO) from more than 1500 sites in China, Berkeley Earth has calculated that the observed air pollution contributes to ~1.6 million deaths/year in China [0.7–2.2 million deaths/year at 95% confidence]—roughly 17% of all deaths in China.…

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