Some 600,000 children around world die each year due to air pollution: WHO
- 6 years ago
Air pollution is killing thousands of children around the world every year.
According to the World Health Organization on Monday, some 600 thousand children under the age of 15 die each year from diseases caused by toxic substances in the air.
Some 93 percent of the planet's 1-point-8 billion children under 15 are exposed to harmful air conditions in their daily lives.
And the WHO says that children are more vulnerable to bad air than adults.
The agency emphasized the need to expand clean energy while reducing fossil fuels, and highlighted children's right to breathe clean air.
According to the World Health Organization on Monday, some 600 thousand children under the age of 15 die each year from diseases caused by toxic substances in the air.
Some 93 percent of the planet's 1-point-8 billion children under 15 are exposed to harmful air conditions in their daily lives.
And the WHO says that children are more vulnerable to bad air than adults.
The agency emphasized the need to expand clean energy while reducing fossil fuels, and highlighted children's right to breathe clean air.