80 percent of world's city dwellers breathing bad air: UN

80 percent of world's city dwellers breathing bad air: UN Geneva (AFP) May 12, 2016 - Over 80 percent of the world's city dwellers breathe poor quality air, increasing their risk of lung cancer and other life-threatening diseases, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report warned Thursday. Urban residents in poor countries are by far the worst affected, WHO said, noting that nearly every city (98 percent) in low- and middle-income countries has air which fails to meet the U ... more

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