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Asia's poor choking on filthy air
Published Tue, Sep 27, 2016 · 09:50 PM
New Delhi
POLLUTED air is a "public health emergency", the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, adding nine out of 10 people globally breathe bad air that is blamed for more than six million deaths a year.
And the WHO warned that nearly 90-per cent of air pollution-related deaths occur in low and middle-income countries.
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