Study finds pollution is deadlier than war, smoking, hunger
Environmental pollution is killing more people annually than war, smoking, hunger or natural disasters, as per a report in The Lancet medical journal. It attributed about nine million premature deaths in 2015 to pollution, which is more than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. This led to economic damages worth $4.6 trillion, about 6.2% of the global economy, the report added.