Pollution responsible for 16 percent of deaths globally -- Lancet Commission report

(Simon Fraser University) Diseases caused by pollution were responsible in 2015 for an estimated 9 million premature deaths -- 16 percent of all deaths worldwide, according to a report by The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health. SFU health sciences professor Bruce Lanphear is a commissioner and author.

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