Polluted air kills seven million people each year: WHO

02 May 2018 ( News Bureau )

Nine out of 10 people worldwide are breathing air with high levels of pollutants.

That's the alarming assessment from new data produced by the World Health Organization.

And it is the people living in poorer countries who are at the highest risk.

Al Jazeera's Natasha Ghoneim reports.

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