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throw_pm23last Wednesday at 8:59 AM1 replyview on HN

The top ten countries by air pollution listed in another comment hardly produce anything the developed world uses, they mostly export natural resources.


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PeterStuerlast Wednesday at 9:57 AM

That top 10 was for childhood deaths from air pollution per capita and included mostly poor nations with less healthcare.

When you look at consumption based accounting for e.g. CO2, the list is very different, namely for 2022:

!. Singapore 2. United Arab Emirates 3. Qatar 4. Saudi Arabia 5. Kuwait 6. Brunei 7. Malta 8. Belgium 9. United States 10. Oman

source: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/consumption-co2-per-capit...

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