The World Is Listening: Commission report reaches over 2 billion and counting
The landmark pollution report from The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, co-chaired by Pure Earth President Richard Fuller and Dr. Philip Landrigan, Dean of Global Health at Mount Sinai, is receiving extensive international press coverage—circulating to over 2 billion people and counting.
Below is a sample of some of the more than 587 news items generated worldwide. This page will be updated.
Major Outlets
- Opinion: The killer responsible for more yearly deaths than AIDS, malaria and TB combined, Washington Post Editorial (download pdf )
- Global pollution kills 9m a year and threatens ‘survival of human societies,’ The Guardian
- Diesel fumes make British streets among most toxic in West – The Times
- Pollution linked to one in six deaths, BBC
- Pollution kills 9 million people each year, new study finds, Washington Post
- Pollution Kills 3 Times More than AIDS, TB And Malaria Combined, National Public Radio
- Pollution linked to 9 million deaths worldwide in 2015, study says, CNN
- Worldwide Pollution Kills More than War, Smoking, USA Today
- Pollution’s Annual Price Tag? $4.6 Trillion and 9 Million Dead, Bloomberg
- Pollution is killing millions of people a year and the world is reaching ‘crisis point’, experts warn, The Independent
- Pollution kills nine million each year – the equivalent to one in six deaths, damning report finds (so, how many people does it kill in your country?), The Daily Mail
- Pollution-related deaths exceed 9m per year, Financial Times
- Think of the Children, WHO editorial in The Lancet
TV/Radio/Multimedia
- Pollution causes one in six deaths worldwide, PBS NewsHour
- Pollution linked to one in six deaths worldwide — and threatens ‘survival of human societies’ , CNBC (video and print)
- Here’s How Many People Die from Pollution Around the World, Time magazine (video and print)
- Study: Pollution is the World’s No. 1 Killer, VOA (video and print)
- Pollution ‘linked to one in six deaths, BBC Radio interview with Richard Fuller
- Global Pollution Report, BBC World News (Interview with David Hanrahan, Senior Advisor, Pure Earth; Commissioner, The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health)
- Report: Pollution Causes More Deaths Than War, Smoking, WNYC interview with Commissioner Dr. Niladri Basu
- Pollution kills more people than wars and disasters: study, Al Jazeera (Interview with David Hanrahan, Senior Advisor, Pure Earth)
- Interview with Richard Fuller, DW News
Wires
- India tops global pollution deaths of 9 million a year – study, Reuters
- Study: Pollution kills 9 million a year, costs $4.6 trillion, Associated Press
- Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: report, AFP
General Coverage
- Report Pollution in Your Neighborhood and Check Out Global Trends With a New Interactive Map, Gizmodo/Earther.com
- Pollution is a problem we *can* solve — and we really have to, Hello Giggles
- Pollution to blame for 1 in 6 deaths worldwide, study finds, Stat News
- Pollution Is Killing 50,000 People In The UK Every Year, Huffington Post
- One in Six Global Deaths Linked to Pollution, Smithsonian magazine
- Pollution deadlier than war, disaster, hunger, Axios
- Study Links Pollution With 9 Million Deaths Annually, Yale 360
- Global Pollution Is the World’s Biggest Killer But the U.S. Is Better Off Than Most, Study Finds, Inside Sources
Organization Content
- Pollution Is One of World’s Biggest Killers, Human Rights Watch
- Pollution and poverty a deadly mix, Stockholm Resilience Centre
- Lancet Commission Report Links Pollution Control to SDG Implementation, IISD
- New study suggests pollution is the culprit in 16 per cent of deaths worldwide, The Peak
- World gathers at UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi to tackle global menace of pollution, UNEP
- Pollution’s toll: The costs of air pollution and the lack of clean drinking water are huge, by Maureen Cropper, for UNEP, Our Planet
- Environmental Champion: Blanca Li, UNEA, Our Planet
Argentina
- La contaminación es más letal que la guerra, el hambre y los desastres naturales, Clarin
- Una de cada seis muertes en el mundo está relacionada con la contaminación, Todo Noticias
Australia
Bazil
- Poluição mata mais de 100 mil pessoas por ano no Brasil, diz relatório, BBC Brasil (PT)
- Poluição matou 9 milhões de pessoas no mundo em 2015, O Globo
- Poluição mata mais de 100 mil pessoas por ano no Brasil, diz relatório, UOL Noticias
Canada
- Pollution causing more deaths worldwide than war or smoking, CBC
- Pollution’s death toll, CBC news radio, interview with Commissioner Dr. Niladri Basu
- Deadly Toll of Environmental Pollution, CTV Video News clip
- Pollution is deadlier than war, smoking and hunger combined: study, Global News
- 9 Million Deaths Per Year Makes Pollution The World’s Most Prolific Killer, IFL Science
- Report says 1 out of 6 global deaths caused by pollution but don’t blame the West, Toronto Sun
Colombia
- La contaminación le cuesta a Colombia el 4,1 por ciento del PIB , El Tiempo
- En el mundo hay más muertes por contaminación que por guerras, según estudio científico, NTN 24
Czech Republic
Denmark:
- Hver sjette dør af forurening (Lars Henrik Aagaard Følg), Berlingske
- Opsigtsvækkende tal: Forurening dræber hvert år millioner af mennesker (Heidi Plougsgaard and Emilie Holt Vissing), Jyllands-Posten
- Forurening dræber hvert år ni millioner mennesker, Politiken
France:
- La pollution, responsable de 9 millions de morts dans le monde par an (Stéphane Mandard), Le Monde
- La pollution impliquée dans un décès prématuré sur six, Les Echos
Germany
- Weltweit Millionen Tote durch Umweltverschmutzung, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
- Jeder sechste Tod wird durch verschmutzte Umwelt verursacht (Von Walter Willems), Die Welt
- Zu viel Dreck in Luft und Wasser: 9 Millionen Tote durch Umweltverschmutzung, N-TV
- Studie zur Umweltverschmutzung Giftige Böden, dreckige Luft – Millionen Tote, Tagesschau
India
- At 2.5 million, India tops list of pollution-linked deaths, India Express
- At 2.5 million, India tops list of pollution-linked deaths, India Tribune
- Pollution kills more people in India than anywhere else in the world, Quartz India
- Pollution killed 2.5 million people in India, highest in the world: Report, Deccan Chronicl
- One in four premature deaths in India linked to pollution, Lancet study shows it’s worst in the world, Hindustan Times
- 25 Lakh Killed in India Due to Pollution, Highest in the World: Study, IBN Live
- Pollution’s annual price tag is $4.6 trillion and 9 million dead, Livemint
- India tops the world in pollution-related deaths, The Economic Times – Indiatimes
- Pollution’s annual price tag is $4.6 trillion and 9 million dead, The Financial Express
Ireland
- Pollution continues to take its toll on the poor, The Irish Times
Italy
- Nove milioni di morti l’anno: l’inquinamento uccide 15 volte più delle guerre (di Antonio Cianciullo), La Repubblica
- L’inquinamento uccide, 9 milioni di morti nel mondo solo nel 2015 – Salute & Benessere, ANSA
Japan
- 公害による死者、世界で900万人 15年推定 社会的弱者が犠牲に, Yahoo!ニュース Japan
Mexico
- Ni la guerra o desastres naturales, son tan letales como…, El Financiero
- La contaminación es más letal que guerra, desastres y hambre, Excélsior
Norway:
- Ny rapport: Ni millioner døde som følge av forurensing i 2015, Aftenposten
- Sjokkrapport: Hvert tredje sekund dør noen som følge av forurensning (Nicolai Eriksen), Dagbladet
Spain:
- Las emisiones y vertidos humanos matan a una de cada seis personas en el mundo (Laura Tardon), El Mundo
- ¿Cuantos miles de productos químicos se fabrican sin pasar pruebas de seguridad?, La Vanguardia
- Más de 6 millones de muertes en 2015 estuvieron relacionadas con la contaminación del aire, 20 Minutos
- Nueve millones de muertes estuvieron relacionadas con contaminación en 2015, El Confidencial
- Nueve millones de muertes estuvieron relacionadas con la contaminación en 2015, Eldiario
Sweden:
- Föroreningar dödar fler än krig, Dagens Nyheter
- Föroreningar dödar fler än krig och sjukdomar, Svenska Dagbladet
Yemen
- Pollution Linked to One in Six Deaths, Yemen Week
Latin America
