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Deaths from air pollution

Geoff Riley

22nd February 2015

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This World Bank report cites evidence that several million people each year might be dying from illnesses directly related to air pollution.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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