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Dying For a Change
Pollution causes some 40 percent of deaths worldwide, says new research |
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16 Aug 2007 |
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| Dying For a Change Pollution causes some 40 percent of deaths worldwide, says new research Here's one small reason to join the save-the-environment cause: new research indicates that some 40 percent of deaths worldwide are a direct effect of air, water, and soil pollution. Dirty air contributes to cancer and birth defects; unclean water accounts for 80 percent of all infectious diseases; and contaminated s ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, news, population, water pollution (all these topics) |
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