How Air Pollution Is Doing More Than Killing Us • Discoverology

How Air Pollution Is Doing More Than Killing Us

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Emerging studies show that air pollution is linked to impaired judgement, mental health problems, poorer performance in school and most worryingly perhaps, higher levels of crime. These findings are all the more alarming, given that more than half of the world’s population now live in urban environments.

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