Pollution responsible for one in six deaths across planet, scientists warn

Toxic air, water and soil are existential threat to human and planetary health', says global review

Pollution is killing 9 million people a year, a review has found, making it responsible for one in six of all deaths.

Toxic air and contaminated water and soil is an existential threat to human health and planetary health, and jeopardises the sustainability of modern societies", the review concluded.