Over-consumption in the world’s richest countries is creating unhealthy, dangerous, and toxic conditions for children globally, according to a new report published on Tuesday by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
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© Unsplash/Paul Gilmore Emissions from a power plant in Koln, Germany.