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Health | 16.02.07 | 16:00

When Man and Nature Collide: Protect the environment to protect health

By Arpi Harutyunyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
Environmentalists and healthcare specialists conclude that an increase in respiratory ailments in Armenia can be attributed to a decrease in nature’s ability to clean the air as a result of over-logging and industrialization and destruction of green areas in cities.

Between 2001-2005, cases of respiratory illness increased from 119,550 to 161,045 – an increase of 35 percent.

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