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Eskom’s coal power stations increasing deaths in nearby communities by 6% — SAMRC study
Air pollution in South Africa boosts the annual number of deaths by 6% in communities living near coal-fired power plants, a study by the South African Medical Research Council showed.
The study, the first in Africa to use actual data rather than modelling the effects of air pollution on health, analysed death certificates, cases of pneumonia in children under five and government…