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Effort to Reframe Climate Change as a Health Crisis Gains Steam

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Thursday, November 4, 2021

Burning fossil fuels costs society $5 trillion on treating chronic disease, and air pollution results in 7 million premature deaths each year, said Dr. Neira, adding that “society needs to put that in the balance.”


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