Air Pollution Affects Focus

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Air pollution reduces people’s ability to focus on everyday tasks, study finds

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Air pollution is one of the greatest environmental risk factors to public health globally.

World Health Organization has estimated that outdoor air pollution causes about 4.2 million premature deaths a year worldwide.

Researchers say the findings of the study could have significant societal and economic implications, including for educational attainment and work productivity.

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Neutral language

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informal

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English

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not offensive

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not hateful