Time to see air pollution as a human rights threat: UN

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Mon, 2019-03-04 21:27

LONDON: Air pollution has long been an environmental and health problem — but now it should now be viewed as a human rights issue as well, according to the UN special rapporteur on human rights and the environment.
Air pollution is leading to 7 million premature deaths a year around the world, including 600,000 among children, David Boyd said.

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