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2. List of pollution-related diseases - Wikipedia

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   Diseases caused by pollution, lead to the chronic illness and deaths of about 8.4 million people each year. However, pollution receives a fraction of the interest from the global community. [1] This is in part because pollution causes so many diseases that it is often difficult to draw a straight line between cause and effect.

3. List of environmental disasters - Wikipedia

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   1912 Itai-itai disease, due to cadmium poisoning in Japan; 1948 Donora smog; 1952 The Great Smog in London; 1962 to 1970 Mercury contamination in Grassy Narrows; 1970 Ontario Minamata disease in Canada; 1976 Seveso disaster, chemical plant explosion, caused highest known exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in residential ...

4. List of environmental issues - Wikipedia

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   Air pollution — Atmospheric particulate matter • Biological effects of UV exposure • CFC • Environmental impact of the coal industry • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing • Indoor air quality • Ozone depletion • Smog • Tropospheric ozone • Volatile organic compound • Ultrafine particles Light pollution Noise pollution

5. Simple Monitors Can Prevent Air Pollution-Related Illness

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   A ir pollution is the world’s second-largest cause of death globally, leading to 8.1 million premature deaths annually from lung cancer, heart disease, and emphysema, among other diseases ...

6. Study: Global Pollution Kills 9 Million People A Year

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   The United States is the only fully industrialized country in the top 10 nations for total pollution deaths, ranking 7th with 142,883 deaths blamed on pollution in 2019, sandwiched between ...

7. Air pollution - Wikipedia

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   The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that cooking-related pollution causes 3.8 million annual deaths. [115] The Global Burden of Disease study estimated the number of deaths in 2021 at 3.1 million. [116] The problem is closely related to energy poverty and cooking.

8. List of most-polluted rivers - Wikipedia

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   One of the most plastic-emitting rivers in the world, contributing around two percent of global plastic pollution emissions into oceans annually. [168] Highly polluted with untreated sewage, industrial waste, tons of sediment (garbage) and blackwater from Guatemala City carried by the Río Las Vacas tributary. [169]

9. Pollution was responsible for nine million deaths worldwide ...

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