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Pollution is now a barrier to Foshan's development, rather than a byproduct of it.

According to the WHO, air pollution is now the world's largest single environmental health risk.

But building our way out of congestion and pollution is now a discredited idea, and for this the campaigners of Solsbury Hill can claim some responsibility.

Long a silent killer, air pollution is now being recognised for its devastating effects, particularly on small children and older people.

"The double gain – both reducing the risk of climate change and reducing air pollution – is now seen as a very powerful and attractive argument for action.

The year began with the grim news that the number of annual deaths caused by pollution is now greater than malaria and HIV combined.

Grigg, who works in London's East End where air pollution is some of the worst in Britain, said air pollution was now a major global threat to children.

Anorexia is on the increase in Japan, and in China beauty pageants, once banned as "spiritual pollution", are now held across the country.

In a separate report last month, the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences claimed that Asian air pollution was now affecting climate around the world and making cities like Beijing uninhabitable and suggestive of what a "nuclear winter" might be like.

"The risks from air pollution are now far greater than previously thought or understood, particularly for heart disease and strokes," said Maria Neira, director of WHO's department for public health, environmental and social determinants of health.

WHO public health, environmental and social determinants of health department director Dr Maria Neira said: "The risks from air pollution are now far greater than previously thought or understood, particularly for heart disease and strokes.