Study: air pollution caused 1.1M deaths across Africa in 2019, toll from outdoor pollution rising
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Indoor and outdoor sources combine to make air pollution the second-largest cause of death in Africa, claiming more lives than tobacco, alcohol, motor vehicle accidents, and drug abuse. Fossil fuel combustion has driven an increase in outdoor air pollution that in 2019 killed 29.15 people per 100,000 population, an increase from 26.13
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