WHO: Pollution kills 7 million people every year

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FILE - In this Monday, March 17, 2014 file photo, two joggers wearing protective masks run past a police officer controlling a vehicle on the Concorde square in Paris. Air pollution kills about 7 million people worldwide every year according to a new report from the World Health Organization published Tuesday March 25, 2014. The agency said air pollution triggers about 1 in 8 deaths and has now become the single biggest environmental health risk, ahead of other dangers like second-hand smoke. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File)LONDON (AP) — Air pollution kills about 7 million people worldwide every year, with more than half of the fatalities due to fumes from indoor stoves, according to a new report from the World Health Organization published Tuesday.

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