One-third of world population exposed to harmful air pollution: Monitor

September 30, 2026 · 8:20 am 2 sources

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• Dangerous ozone threatened half of world’s population this year
  Scientific American · September 30, 2026 02:00
  This exposure reflects an intersection of climate change, air pollution and public health, says new analysis

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• One-third of world population exposed to harmful air pollution: Monitor
  Phys.org · September 30, 2026 08:20
  Heat waves and wildfires combined with human-caused emissions this year to expose one-third of the world's population to extremely high levels of ozone pollution, a European Union report said Wednesday.