People die from old age, disease, malnutrition, alcohol and drug abuse, crime. But from air pollution?? The killer truth is that 1 in every 10 deaths worldwide is attributed to air pollution! Air pollution poses, most definitely, an immense threat to our planet and its compounded damage hurts all, with young children and elderly bearing the brunt of it.
This infographic highlights statistical data to demonstrate how widespread is the malaise and, very critically, how it is harming not just health of humans, but is directly impacting the health of the economy.
Infographic by – The World Bank Group