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Article: Air pollution to kill 21,000 in Canada this year, cost $10 bn
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- The Hindustan Times
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- August 14, 2008
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Toronto, Aug. 14 -- Air pollution will be responsible for 21,000 deaths in Canada this year and cost the government $10 billion, says a new study.
The study called National Illness Cost of Pollution, released by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) Wednesday, said that 21,000 Canadians will die this year alone because of air pollution.
It is estimated that between now and 2031 about 710,000 Canadians will die because of long-term exposure to air pollution.
Shockingly, the death toll from air pollution works out to be almost three percent of the total population of the country now.
CMA president Brian Day said: "We ...