The fires of Indonesia aren’t just killing the planet; they’re killing people.

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By Nathanael JohnsonSep 20, 2016, 4:04 am122 pts
A new study by a group of respected scientists estimates that smoke from forest fires in Malaysia and Indonesia in 2015 killed over 100,000 people. That’s far higher than government estimates. Smoke has swathed nearby population centers like Singapore in recent summers. 2015 was particularly bad. “Now that…

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