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HEI: 95%+ of world’s population live in areas of unhealthy air

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Seven billion people, more than 95% of the world’s population, lived in areas exceeding the WHO Guideline for healthy air in 2016, according to a new global study. Comparison of 2016 annual average PM 2.5 concentrations to the WHO Air Quality Guideline. State of Global Air 2018. State of Global Air 2018.

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Study finds household and outdoor air pollution contributes to more than 5.5 million premature deaths worldwide per year

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In the context of the Global Burden of Disease 2013 study ( earlier post ), researchers from Canada, the United States, China and India quantified air pollution levels and attributable health impacts for 188 countries for the period 1990-2013. More than half of deaths occur in two of the world’s fastest growing economies, China and India.

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