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3 hours agoStudy: Contaminated air, especially inside houses, is killing 500,000 babies a year.
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)The polluted air last year caused the premature death of nearly half a million babies in the first month of their lives, with most of these babies being from developing states showing data. The exposure to air pollutants is harmful even to babies still in the womb. These [...]
The exposure to air pollutants is harmful even to babies still in the womb. These pollutants can cause premature birth or small birth. Both factors are related to high mortality.
The two-thirds fate of these 500 thousand infant deaths was documented to be linked to polluted air within closed spaces, Periscope follows.
This find was reported in the “Air Status report Global 2020”, which examines the data on deaths worldwide.
Years of medical experts have warned of the impact of polluted air on the elderly and those with health problems, but have only begun to understand the deadly figures of babies in the womb.
This is not the polluted air we see in modern cities (in the rich world) but the air we had 150 years ago in London and other places where fire was used inside houses. The polluted air inside the houses has not been the chief language for policymakers, but must be,” said Beate Ritz, professor of Epidemology at California University. /The Guardian/ Periscope
