Category:Air Pollution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_pollution

Via the Guardian, 2016 / “We have a public health emergency in many countries from pollution. It’s dramatic, one of the biggest problems we are facing globally, with horrible future costs to society,” said Maria Neira, head of public health at the World Health Organization. “Air pollution leads to chronic diseases which require hospital space. Before, we knew that pollution was responsible for diseases like pneumonia and asthma. Now we know that it leads to bloodstream, heart and cardiovascular diseases, too – even dementia. We are storing up problems. These are chronic diseases that require hospital beds. The cost will be enormous.”

• The toxic haze blanketing cities could be clearly seen last week from the international space station.

• Poor air quality is killing millions and threatening to overwhelm health services across the globe.

• With nearly 1.4 million deaths a year, China has the most air pollution fatalities, followed by India with 645,000 and Pakistan with 110,000.

• The latest scientific research, published in the journal Nature, suggests that air pollution now kills more people a year than malaria and HIV combined, and in many countries accounts for roughly 10 times more deaths than road accidents.

• According to the WHO, air quality is deteriorating around the world to the point where only one in eight people live in cities that meet recommended air pollution levels.

• "We are only just learning about the scale of the toxicity of coal and diesel... This is a deep, deep problem."

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... and Delhi, the world's most polluted air -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEbNsn91XV0

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See also: Citizen Science, what you can do about pollution

http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Citizen_Science

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