Air pollution death toll much higher than previously thought
Air pollution causes nearly 800,000 early deaths a year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide, according to a study published in the European Heart Journal.
Toxic air will shorten children’s lives by 20 months
The life expectancy of children born today will be shortened by 20 months on average by breathing the toxic air that is widespread across the globe ...
The European Commission has published a Future Brief that explores how to assign an economic value to the health impacts of three types of pollution ...
More than 90% of the world’s children breathe toxic air every day
Every day around 93 per cent (1.8 billion) of the world’s children under the age of 15 years breathe air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk. For the year 2016, the WHO ...
