7 million premature deaths annually linked to air pollution Event
Timestamp
- time of event
- 2012
Definitions
de
Im Jahr 2012 sind laut einer Schätzung der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) rund sieben Millionen Menschen weltweit an Erkrankungen gestorben, die mit verschmutzter Luft im Zusammenhang stehen.
en
In new estimates released on 25 March 2014, WHO reports that in 2012 around 7 million people died - one in eight of total global deaths – as a result of air pollution exposure. This finding more than doubles previous estimates and confirms that air pollution is now the world’s largest single environmental health risk.
