Credit: Casual Science
Pollution & other environmental problems are typically evaluated in terms of the natural systems. More recently, some scientists have looked at its direct influence on human mortality:
http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/09/new-global-data-suggest-air-pollution-kills-10-million-people-per-year/
Recently, an International Monetary Fund working paper said something similar, while quantifying it in monetary terms:
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