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Air pollution linked to increased suicide risk

Original: Air pollution exposure has an unexpected link to suicide risk

New reporting highlights a link between exposure to air pollution and elevated suicide risk, adding to growing evidence that polluted air affects mental health as well as respiratory and cardiovascular wellbeing. Researchers say the association raises urgent public health questions about air quality standards and who is most vulnerable.

Why now: It connects a familiar environmental problem to a mental health outcome many people had not considered.

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