Study: Pollution kills 9 million a year, costs $4.6 trillion

Morning walkers exercise amidst smog due to firecrackers burnt in Thursday’s Diwali festival, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. Environmental pollution – from filthy air to contaminated water – is killing more people every year than all war and violence in the world. One out of every six premature deaths in the world in 2015 – about 9 million – could be attributed to disease from toxic exposure, according to a major study released Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 in The Lancet medical journal. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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