Higher levels of air pollution have long been connected to an array of health problems, such as increased rates of asthma and heart disease, and millions of deaths annually around the world. In making the case for the Obama administration’s new standards aimed at limiting the amount of carbon pollution emitted by coal-fired power plans, Environmental Protection Agency head Gina McCarthy noted that “the nation’s asthma rates have already doubled over the past 30 years.”
But the WHO’s link between air pollution and cancer is a significant revelation that underscores the urgency of reducing pollution levels worldwide.
Air Pollution Definitively Linked to Cancer
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