OFFICIAL -- BREATHING CAN KILL YOU
- The Japan Times reported June 17 the death of a man in the industrial city of Yokkaichi officially attributed to polluted air. Shoichiro Sugimoto "was officially recognized as a victim of the polluted air by the Yokkaichi municipal office in last October, and had since
been receiving financial aid from the of-
fice."
Four recognized victims of polluted
air have died since 1965, although Sugi-
moto is the first where the air was the
sole cause of death.