In 2023 alone, 42,000 South Africans died from exposure to fine particle pollution (PM2.5),including more than 1,300 children under five, according to a new report released on 3 June byGreenpeace Africa and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).

The report, Unmasking the Toll of Fine Particle Pollution in South Africa, estimates that PM2.5pollution cost the country more than R960-billion in 2023 – equivalent to 14% of GDP –through premature deaths, illness, lost productivity and overburdened health systems.

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