Air pollution kills more than 5.5 million people every year

Last September, a report by the Max Planck Institute published in Nature reported that air pollution claimed the lives of 3.3 million people every year. However, a new study conducted by scientists from the University of British Columbia (Canada) has confirmed that this number is larger than what colleagues from Germany calculate.

Specifically, more than 5.5 million people die from health problems related to current pollution and more than half of them belong to India and China. Even experts say this number will increase in the future as both countries are still on the rise of their industrial scale. This result was published in the framework of the conference of the US Advanced Science Organization, which ended February 16.

There are two main types of air pollution: outdoor and indoor.

The author of this study, Public Health professor Michael Brauer, said: "What makes me and my colleagues surprised is that air pollution is becoming one of the biggest causes of death. According to what we have analyzed, 5.5 million people on the planet are dying because of this problem, its danger is that we cannot run away from it, cannot hide avoid it and all that human beings can do is improve air quality or lie dead. "

The report also shows that there are two main types of air pollution: outdoor and indoor - including housing, offices, enclosed spaces . Outdoor air pollution comes from many sources. such as power plants, cars and land clearance for agricultural land. The second form of pollution stems from unreasonable use of household appliances and offices. While outdoor pollution is becoming very popular in every part of the world, indoor pollution only occurs in rural areas of developing countries.

Air pollution - death everyone knows but no one avoids it.

This research program is part of a health project called Global Burden of Disease , which also indicates that air pollution is the cause of increased incidence of diseases such as stroke, cardiovascular disease and even cancer. The pollution level is calculated based on the number of dust particles with a diameter greater than 0.0025mm.

After combining pollution statistics and health statistics, experts have confirmed that every year pollution is killing the lives of 1.6 million people in China and 1.3 million people in China. India. If China's pollution problem involves too much exploitation and use of coal, Indians are paying a price for the abuse of fuel made from wood and fertilizer.

Professor Brauer also shared that his research team focuses on these two countries because air pollution in China and India is the main cause of the current climate change problem. He also hopes this report will partly change the thinking in these two countries so that people can have a healthier and safer life.