Environmental pollution - from filthy air to contaminated water - is killing more people every year than all war and violence in the world. The report marks the first attempt to pull together data on disease and death caused by all forms of pollution combined. “Pollution is a massive problem that people aren’t seeing because they’re looking at scattered bits of it,” Landrigan said. Areas like Sub-Saharan Africa have yet to even set up air pollution monitoring systems. “The relationship between pollution and poverty is very clear,” said Ernesto Sanchez-Triana, lead environmental specialist at the World Bank.

Source: Washington Post October 20, 2017 00:39 UTC