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October 30, 2018

Air Pollution Blamed for 500,000 Premature Deaths in Europe Each Year
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In environmental news, a new report from the European Environment Agency
finds air pollution causes more than half a million premature deaths in
Europe each year. This comes as the U.N. released another report Monday
finding that 93 percent of all children live in areas with excessively
high levels of fine particulate matter.


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