PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 16: CONNECTING THE SPECKLES The Romans and the Knife

"Global death rates attributable to air pollution nearly halved after 1990, largely because of improvements in household air pollution."

Our World in Data documents a large decline in worldwide death rates attributed to air pollution since 1990, driven primarily by reductions in the indoor pollution burden. The article was updated in February 2024 and supplies historical environmental-health evidence relevant to the discussion of economic growth and pollution.

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