A new study suggests that pollution of all kinds kills about 9 million people worldwide each year. Air pollution from industrial processes and the expansion of cities accounted for about 75 percent of the deaths, researchers found. Air pollution also drove a 7 percent increase in all pollution-related deaths from 2015 to 2019. The study was a cooperative effort between environmental interest groups and scientists. It was based on examinations of worldwide death rates and pollution levels. The findings recently appeared in the publication Lancet Planetary Health.
Which of the following is a definition of the word pollution?
the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects
the activities associated with the governance of a country
latent qualities or abilities that may be developed
the branch of science concerned with the nature
How many people does pollution kill annually?
nine million
ten million
one million
nineteen million
The study was a cooperative effort between environmental interest groups and scientists.
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