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Study: air pollution causes 800,000 extra deaths a year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide

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million extra deaths globally rather than the previously estimated 4.5 —Co-author Professor Thomas Münzel, of the Department of Cardiology of the University Medical Centre Mainz. years); 150 in Poland (reduction in life expectancy of 2.8 At least 48% are due to cardiovascular disease (ischaemic heart disease and stroke).

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