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AIR POLLUTION ACCOUNTED FOR 8.1 MILLION DEATHS GLOBALLY IN 2021, BECOMING THE SECOND LEADING RISK FACTOR FOR DEATH, INCLUDING FOR CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS

Comprehensive new report details health impacts of air pollution, which has moved ahead of tobacco and poor diet as a risk factor for death.

Aerial photo of a polluted city.

A third of the world’s children poisoned by lead, new groundbreaking analysis says

UNICEF and Pure Earth call for urgent action to abolish dangerous practices including the informal recycling of lead acid batteries

Two girls break used batteries to get pieces of metal out of them for recycling.