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Tuesday 8 August 2017

INFOGRAPHIC: DEATH IN THE AIR - AIR POLLUTION COSTS MONEY AND LIVES


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Air pollution has emerged as the fourth-leading risk factor for deaths worldwide. While pollution-related deaths mainly strike young children and the elderly, these deaths also result in lost labor income for working-age men and women. The loss of life is tragic. The cost to the economy is substantial. Learn more about the costs of widespread air pollution from the following infographic by The World Bank.

http://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/infographics/780xany/2016/sep/WB_cost-of-pollution-infographic-ENGLISH_for_web.jpg


[Post Source: The World Bank.]

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