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WHO links 7 million premature deaths annually to air pollution; 12.5% of total global deaths

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A 2013 assessment by WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concluded that outdoor air pollution is carcinogenic to humans, with the particulate matter component of air pollution most closely associated with increased cancer incidence, especially cancer of the lung. Ozone is a major factor in asthma morbidity and mortality.

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