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Pollution Caused One in Six Deaths World-Wide in 2019, Study Says

The Wall Street JournalMay 17, 2022News

The number of deaths world-wide caused by industrial pollution, including from chemicals and the burning of fossil fuels, rose between 2015 and 2019 even as the toll exacted by household pollutants and unsafe drinking water fell, new research shows.

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Pollution Caused One in Six Deaths World-Wide in 2019, Study Says