March 6, 2017
The Cost of Pollution: 1.7 Million Children Dead Each Year
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Every year, environmental risks – such as indoor and outdoor air pollution, secondhand smoke, unsafe water, lack of sanitation and inadequate hygiene – take the lives of 1.7 million children under age 5, say two new reports from the World Health Organization (WHO).
The first report, “Inheriting a Sustainable World: Atlas on Children’s Health and the Environment,” reveals that a large portion of the most common causes of death among children ages 1 month to 5 years – diarrhea, malaria and pneumonia – are preventable by interventions known to reduce environmental risks, such as access to safe water and clean cooking fuels.
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