Mongolia’s children at risk | The devastating impact of air pollution
#Ulaanbaatar is home to almost half of the country’s 3.5 million people. Particulate pollution from burning coal causes exceptionally high rates of lung and heart disease. It is estimated to contribute to about 10% of all deaths.
Photograph: Natalya Saprunova
Mongolia’s children at risk | The devastating impact of air pollution
Four-year-old girls are admitted to hospital with respiratory illnesses, young children undergo lung X-rays, and dozens die from carbon monoxide poisoning, while brown clouds rise from hundreds of thousands of chimneys into the icy winter air that can drop to -30C.
Photograph: Natalya Saprunova
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