Study: Coal causing over 360,000 premature deaths in China each year

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New study warns particulate matter from Chinese coal and transport led to over 400,000 premature deaths in 2013

The huge scale of the public health impacts caused by air pollution in China have been laid bare this week, as a major new study suggests particulate matter from coal burning caused 366,000 premature deaths...

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