The Makoko slum in Lagos, Nigeria. Environmental risk factors, such as air, water and soil pollution, chemical exposure, climate change, and ultraviolet radiation, contributed to more than 100 diseases and injuries, says UN report. PHOTO | FILE
An estimated 2.2 million people died in Africa as a result of living or working in an unhealthy environment in 2012, a World Health Organisation report says.
Environmental risk factors, such as air, water and soil pollution, chemical exposure, climate change, and ultraviolet radiation, contributed to more than 100 diseases and injuries.
