Even more chilling is the estimate that three million deaths a year are linked to exposure to outdoor air pollution. Roughly 90 percent of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries.
As we have discussed before, pollution costs are often treated as abstractions and few people see the many studies showing that millions die from pollution each year. Most people do not associate their health problems, including common problems like asthma and heat disease with pollution. However, the costs are real . . . and personal.