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Toxic air seen cutting thousands of lives short each year in Europe’s cities

English, Fijnstof in steden, Internationaal

Tens of thousands of European city dwellers die prematurely each year due to air pollution, researchers said on Wednesday in a study ranking more than 800 cities according to the risk of early death from two leading pollutants. Some 51,000 premature deaths from fine particulate matter and 900 from nitrogen dioxide could be prevented each …

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Increase in PM2.5 led to thousands of additional deaths in the U.S.

English, Internationaal

Source: airqualitynews.com A 5% increase in particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution was associated with 9,700 additional premature deaths across the United States, according to a study conducted by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. They found that this rise of PM2.5 increased the number of premature deaths of adults over the age of 30 by about 9,700 …

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