Fortune (February Issue)
2018/ 02/ 26 by jd in Global News
The cost of “suffocating air pollution” is higher than imagined. The World Bank had estimated in 2016 that air pollution resulted in health costs of $5 trillion a year, but other losses could especially hit developing countries. “High pollution levels are capable of causing net out-migration of 5%—a potentially devastating economic blow, especially because those most likely to leave are wealthy and educated.”
Tags: Air pollution, Cost, Devastating, Educated, Health, Migration, Suffocating, Wealthy, World Bank
