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Over 90% of world breathing bad air: WHO

AFP , Tuesday 27 Sep 2016

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Residents cover their face from dust as they ride their bicycles along a street on a hazy day in Zhengzhou, Henan province December 10, 2013. (REUTERS)

Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, calling for dramatic action against pollution that is blamed for more than six million deaths a year.

"It is a public health emergency," said Maria Neira, head of the WHO's department of public health and environment, adding that urgent action to tackle air pollution "can't come soon enough".

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