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====Environmental health==== The WHO estimates that 12.6 million people died as a result of living or working in an unhealthy environment in 2012 β this accounts for nearly 1 in 4 of total global deaths. Environmental risk factors, such as air, water, and [[soil pollution]], chemical exposures, climate change, and ultraviolet radiation, contribute to more than 100 diseases and injuries. This can result in a number of [[List of pollution-related diseases|pollution-related diseases]]. * 2018 (30 October β 1 November): 1 WHO's first global conference on air pollution and health (''Improving air quality, combatting climate change β saving lives''); organized in collaboration with UN Environment, [[World Meteorological Organization]] (WMO), and the secretariat of the [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change|UN Framework Convention on Climate Change]] (UNFCCC)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.who.int/airpollution/events/conference/WHO_Conference_on_Air_Pollution_and_Health-Concept_Note-final.pdf |title=1 WHO's First Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health Improving air quality, combatting climate change β saving lives |access-date=21 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412084919/https://www.who.int/airpollution/events/conference/WHO_Conference_on_Air_Pollution_and_Health-Concept_Note-final.pdf |archive-date=12 April 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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