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Air Pollution

Ambient and household air pollution together cause roughly 6.7 million premature deaths a year (~12% of global deaths) from heart disease, stroke, COPD, lung cancer, and child respiratory infections, with the burden concentrated in low- and middle-income countries.

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The Air We Breathe: Confronting a Leading Environmental Killer

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