WHO reveals over 90% of world breathing bad air
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 27-09-2016
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Nearly 90-percent of air pollution-related deaths occur in low and middle-income countries, the WHO said.
Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific region - including China, Malaysia and Vietnam - are the hardest hit, the data showed.
Carlos Dora, coordinator at the WHO's public health and environment department, said that some of the strategies adopted to safeguard against polluted air have limited effectiveness.