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by FooHentai 3606 days ago
The impact of that pollution is felt much wider, even primarily, by those outside of the countries producing the pollution.

See: Chernobyl fallout carried west on the wind across Europe, and sea-level rises caused by human-accelerated global warming disproportionately impacting poor island nations not responsible for said global warming.

There are of course still very local, direct harms from pollution, but the most severe, long-term effects eventuate globally.