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UNCOVERED: Air pollution from fires linked to 1 5 million deaths a year - The Untold Story

The study was released a week after Ecuador declared a national emergency due to forest fires (Credit: AFP)

Air pollution caused by fires is linked to more than 1.5 million deaths a year worldwide, the vast majority occurring in developing countries, a major new study said on Thursday.

This death toll is expected to rise in the coming years as climate change makes wildfires more frequent and intense, according to the study in The Lancet journal.

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