Report links 6.5 million deaths worldwide to air pollution
STOCKHOLM - Each year about 6.5 million deaths worldwide are linked to air pollution, a number that could grow in coming decades unless the energy sector steps up its efforts to slash emissions, the International Energy Agency warned Monday.
In the Paris-based agency's first report on the subject, the IEA said air pollution is the fourth biggest threat to human health, after high blood pressure, bad diets and smoking.
"Without changes to the way that the world produces and uses energy, the ruinous toll from air pollution on human life is set to rise," the report said.
