18 minutes agoShocking Facts About Air Pollution
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)According to a recent World Bank report, air pollution kills millions each year. This report, drafted in collaboration with the Institute for Measures and Health Ratings, also highlights economics, pointing to premature deaths related to air pollution, which affect the world economy [...]
This report, designed in cooperation with the Institute for Measures and Health Ratings, also highlights the economic side, pointing to premature deaths associated with air pollution, which affects the world economy in billions of dollars in lost jobs from the job market.
Below are some facts derived from this report:
More than nine out of ten people -- about 92 percent of the population lives in countries where air pollution has crossed borders considered safe.
Air pollution is the fourth greatest threat to human health after blood pressure, smoking, and dietary risks.
Health risk is done by taking in contaminated air that can affect respiratory infections and cardiovascular diseases, heart attack, chronic lung disease, and lung cancer.
Some 6.5 million air - pollution deaths worldwide have been recorded throughout 2012, according to World Health Organization data. This represents 11.6 percent of world deaths -- more than the number of HIV-born deaths. AIDS combined with tuberculosis and accident deaths.
