Trees Save Lives and $7 Billion in Health Costs Annually, Forest Service Finds

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By Yale Environment 360Jul 28, 2014, 12:20 pm577 ptsTrendingTop
Trees are saving more than 850 human lives each year and preventing 670,000 cases of acute respiratory symptoms in the U.S., according to the first broad-scale Click to Enlarge Pollution removal by trees estimate of trees' air pollution removal by U.S. Forest Service researchers. Looking at four common air…

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