4,000 Chinese people die every day because of pollution

A new study shows that air pollution kills about 4,000 people a day in China, accounting for one-sixth of the total deaths in the world's most populous country.

Pollution caused 4,000 Chinese deaths every day

According to Sky News. Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley (USA) have calculated the number of about 1.6 million Chinese people died of heart disease, lung disease and stroke. The cause is terrible air pollution , especially due to the particles of particles in the air of this country.

A girl wears a mask to avoid the dark dust on the streets of China.(Photo: Sky News)

The annual number of deaths in previous studies ranges from one to two million, but this is the latest accurate data first published on August 13 on PLOS One.

Accordingly, emissions from thermal power are the main cause. Robert Rohde, chairman of the research project, said 38% of the Chinese population is living in areas with an average air quality index that according to the US Environmental Protection Agency is " harmful to health. "

" This is really a huge problem, " Rohde said, "but it's hard to imagine just through numbers. One of China's most polluted areas is southwest of Beijing."

According to the American Lung Association, the Madera, California area, tops the average index of airborne dust particles in the United States. But 99.9% of the northern half of China has an even higher index than Madera.

" In other words, almost all Chinese people are breathing more polluted air than the most polluted air in America," Rohde said.