Air Pollution-Related Death, Disease Costing Europe $1.6T Annually, U.N. Report Shows
U.N. News Centre: Air pollution in Europe costs $1.6 trillion a year in deaths and diseases, U.N. study shows
“The United Nations health agency reported today in a first-of-its-kind study that air pollution across Europe is costing ‘a staggering’ $1.6 trillion a year in deaths and diseases, which amounts to nearly one tenth of the region’s gross domestic product…” (4/28).
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