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Chinas Toxic Air Could Kill a Population the Size of Orlando
2015-02-06 17:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateDesk: The country`s pollution could contribute to 257,000 deaths over the next decade. If nothing is done to slash the levels of toxic smog in China`s air, some 257,000 Chinese people could die over the next decade from pollution-related diseases, according to a new study released this week by Peking University and Greenpeace. That really is a lot of people; it`s roughly equal to the population of Orlando, Fla., or Buffalo, N.Y. The researchers analyzed the 2013 levels of what`s known as PM2.5 pollutants--tiny...
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