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Fossil fuel air pollution linked to 1 in 5 deaths globally, new study reveals
Poor air quality from burning fossil fuels such as coal and diesel was responsible for more than 8 million deaths in 2018.
Fossil
fuel air pollution is responsible for roughly one in five deaths
worldwide, a much higher death toll than previously thought, according
to a new study published Tuesday.
Poor air quality from burning
fossil fuels such as coal and diesel was responsible for more than 8
million deaths in 2018, according to research published February 9 in
the journal
Environmental Research by Harvard University, the University of Birmingham, the University of Leicester, and University College London.