Researchers say a thick haze caused by man-made forest fires in Indonesia is the likely cause of more than 100,000 deaths. The pollution also has been blamed for deaths in nearby Malaysia and Singapore. The haze has hurt relations between Indonesia and its neighbors. Scientists from Harvard and Columbia Universities used a complex method to estimate the number of deaths from the haze. The number of deaths is far greater than the Indonesian government’s official number of 19 deaths. Researchers estimated there were 91,600 deaths in Indonesia, 6,500 deaths in Malaysia and 2,200 in Singapore. The fires in Indonesia last year were the worst since 1997.
Title: Study: 100,000 Deaths From Indonesia's Haze
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1387/indonesia_haze.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Study: 100,000 Deaths From Indonesia's Haze' data-article-id='1879'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='16479'>Researchers say a thick haze caused by man-made forest fires in Indonesia is the likely cause of more than 100,000 deaths.</span> <span data-start-time='16479' data-end-time='25479'>The pollution also has been blamed for deaths in nearby Malaysia and Singapore.</span> <span data-start-time='25479' data-end-time='33396'>The haze has hurt relations between Indonesia and its neighbors.</span> <span data-start-time='33396' data-end-time='46750'>Scientists from Harvard and Columbia Universities used a complex method to estimate the number of deaths from the haze.</span> <span data-start-time='46750' data-end-time='58188'>The number of deaths is far greater than the Indonesian government’s official number of 19 deaths.</span> <span data-start-time='58188' data-end-time='77333'>Researchers estimated there were 91,600 deaths in Indonesia, 6,500 deaths in Malaysia and 2,200 in Singapore.</span> <span data-start-time='77333' data-end-time='85042'>The fires in Indonesia last year were the worst since 1997.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1387/burning_trash.m4a'><span>burning trash</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1387/chemical_plants.m4a'><span>chemical plants</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1387/camp_fires.m4a'><span>camp fires</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1387/forest_fires.m4a'><span>forest fires</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=7215 data-hint-location='25479' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1387/the__blank__has_hurt_relations_between_indonesia_and_its_neighbors.m4a'>The <span class='blank'>haze</span> has hurt relations between Indonesia and its neighbors.</div><div class='choices' 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