(ANALYSIS) --- Does air pollution kill people? Media reports state that it “causes” or is “linked to” 40,000 premature deaths in the UK every year — or 29,000, or 50,000, depending on what you are reading. But can these figures be trusted — and what do they actually mean? 40,000 deaths It’s actually easier to say what they don’t
Fact-check: Does Air Pollution Kill 40,000 Brits Every Year?
Reports state that air pollution “causes” or is “linked to” 40,000 premature deaths in the UK every year — or 29,000, or 50,000, depending on what you are reading. But can these figures be trusted — and what do they actually mean?