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Climate change could significantly worsen summer air quality in future decades
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Climate change is projected to worsen summer air quality worldwide in future decades, with air pollution already causing thousands of premature deaths and significant economic costs annually, even in countries like Canada where pollution levels are generally considered low.
Climate change could significantly worsen summer air quality in future decades
Across the world, air pollution is associated with more early deaths than any other environmental exposure, raising risks of dying from lung cancer, respiratory infection, heart and lung disease and other causes.
Even in Canada, where air pollution is generally considered a low risk, more than 17,000 early deaths and over $140 billion in economic damages each year are linked to it.
Pollution from heavy industry or wildfires, for example, can make outdoor air so polluted that it poses immediate
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