Air pollution is the leading environmental cause of death on the planet, according to a new report.
Air pollution is the leading environmental cause of death on the planet and 92 percent of the global population is living in areas where the air is unhealthy, according to a new report.
The report is a joint effort between the Health Effects Institute and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evalution’s Global Burden of Disease Project.
«We are seeing increasing air pollution problems worldwide,» Dan Greenbaum, president of the Health Effects Institute, said in a statement.
«The trends we report show that we have seen progress in some parts of the world – but serious challenges remain,» Greenbaum went on to add.
