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The World Health Organization strengthens its air quality guidelines as WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says air pollution "contributes to seven million deaths a year." The WHO's new guidelines recommend air quality levels for six pollutants, including ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide. SOUNDBITE

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