Experts warn of the enormous health, social and economic impacts of pollution - and say climate change and wildlife loss are closely linked
Air, chemical and water pollution accounted for one in six deaths in 2019, a study has found.
Pollution was responsible for nine million deaths worldwide in 2019, according to the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health - a figure unchanged since 2015. More more than 90% of pollution-related deaths occur in low-income and middle-income countries, and most countries have done little to deal with the"enormous" public health problem, it warned.
The report, published in the Lancet Planetary Health, warned pollution is the world's largest environmental risk factor for disease and premature death - and that climate change and wildlife loss are closely linked.
Experts found a decline in the number of deaths linked to pollution associated with extreme poverty such as unclean water, a lack of sanitation and household air pollution from burning fuels such as wood for cooking and heating.
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