1 in 4 deaths due to unhealthy environment: WHO
A WHO study has found that almost one in four deaths (around 12.6 million) every year are caused due to environmental risks. The study also found that two-thirds (around 8.2 million) of these are due to non-communicable diseases which have seen a significant rise in 10 years. This reportedly is the first major WHO assessment of environmental risks after 2006.