Posted by: zanshin, 2007-07-03 11:46

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Date: 2007-07
750,000 people die prematurely in China each year
* High air-pollution levels in Chinese cities is leading to the premature deaths of 350,000-400,000 people each year.
* About 300,000 people die prematurely each year from exposure to poor air indoors
* About 60,000-odd premature deaths were attributable to poor-quality water, largely in the countryside, from severe diarrhoea, and stomach, liver and bladder cancers.
-- World Bank, 2007-07






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