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11/06/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Shocking study discovers that pollution kills more people than all wars, shootings and natural disasters

Some people still think that pollution is an overblown concern on the part of “tree huggers,” but a new study puts the situation in perspective and illustrates precisely why each and every one of us should be doing our part to stem the problem. The study, which was published in the medical journal Lancet, showed […]

10/15/2017 / By Russel Davis

Air pollution killing thousands of Europeans every year, according to the EU’s environmental authority

A report released by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in Copenhagen, Denmark, has revealed that ambient air pollution still accounted for more than half a million premature deaths across Europe despite little improvements in the continent’s air quality. The recent report has shown that 520,400 premature deaths in 41 European countries have been caused by air pollutants stemming from fossil fuel […]

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