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(.#A.086).- Researchers are concerned about an air pollution pandemic.
Researchers are concerned about a "pandemic" of air pollution.
PHOTO LINDSEY PARNABY, ARCHIVES AGENCE FRANCE = PRESS
Researchers conclude that, worldwide, air pollution caused 8.8 million anticipated deaths in 2015.
(Montreal) Air pollution cuts more years of life around the world than war, violence, diseases like HIV and malaria, or even smoking, warn German researchers who do not hesitate to talk about 'a' pandemic '.
Posted on March 03, 2020 at 11:29 am Share
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute and the University Medical Center in Mainz used new modeling to calculate the impact of air pollution on the death rate. They conclude that, worldwide, air pollution caused 8.8 million anticipated deaths in 2015.
This means that every human on the surface of the globe has lost almost three years of life. In comparison, smoking subtracts 2.2 years of life (7.2 million deaths), HIV 0.7 years of life (one million deaths), parasitic diseases like malaria 0.6 years of life (600 000 deaths) and all forms of violence 0.3 year of life (530 000 deaths).
43% of the years of life lost are attributed to the impact of air pollution on cardiovascular disease, an impact that would be comparable to that of smoking.
In addition, about 75% of deaths attributed to air pollution have occurred in people aged 60 and over.
One of the study's authors, Professor Jos Lelieveld, said in a statement that air pollution is a global cause of premature death nine times more important than HIV, 19 times more important than malaria, 45 times more important than alcohol and 60 times more important than drugs.
The study also distinguishes between natural and unavoidable air pollution - such as sandstorms and forest fires - from air pollution caused by human activity, which results mainly from the use of fossil fuels. They conclude that human pollution, which accounts for up to 80% of air pollution in developed countries, is responsible for two-thirds of premature deaths. 5.5 million deaths could therefore be avoided each year.
Air pollution is estimated to have caused nearly 21,000 premature deaths in Canada in 2015.
The findings of this study are published by Cardiovascular Research.
F I N .
Researchers are concerned about a "pandemic" of air pollution.
PHOTO LINDSEY PARNABY, ARCHIVES AGENCE FRANCE = PRESS
Researchers conclude that, worldwide, air pollution caused 8.8 million anticipated deaths in 2015.
(Montreal) Air pollution cuts more years of life around the world than war, violence, diseases like HIV and malaria, or even smoking, warn German researchers who do not hesitate to talk about 'a' pandemic '.
Posted on March 03, 2020 at 11:29 am Share
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute and the University Medical Center in Mainz used new modeling to calculate the impact of air pollution on the death rate. They conclude that, worldwide, air pollution caused 8.8 million anticipated deaths in 2015.
This means that every human on the surface of the globe has lost almost three years of life. In comparison, smoking subtracts 2.2 years of life (7.2 million deaths), HIV 0.7 years of life (one million deaths), parasitic diseases like malaria 0.6 years of life (600 000 deaths) and all forms of violence 0.3 year of life (530 000 deaths).
43% of the years of life lost are attributed to the impact of air pollution on cardiovascular disease, an impact that would be comparable to that of smoking.
In addition, about 75% of deaths attributed to air pollution have occurred in people aged 60 and over.
One of the study's authors, Professor Jos Lelieveld, said in a statement that air pollution is a global cause of premature death nine times more important than HIV, 19 times more important than malaria, 45 times more important than alcohol and 60 times more important than drugs.
The study also distinguishes between natural and unavoidable air pollution - such as sandstorms and forest fires - from air pollution caused by human activity, which results mainly from the use of fossil fuels. They conclude that human pollution, which accounts for up to 80% of air pollution in developed countries, is responsible for two-thirds of premature deaths. 5.5 million deaths could therefore be avoided each year.
Air pollution is estimated to have caused nearly 21,000 premature deaths in Canada in 2015.
The findings of this study are published by Cardiovascular Research.
F I N .
