Asia increases the mortality rate due to air pollution

Air pollution in Asia, which has claimed the lives of at least 800,000 people every year, is likely to result in higher mortality rates when regional air quality is declining. Important, an environmental organization recommends.

According to air quality monitoring agency Clean Air Asia, energy consumption and increased emissions from vehicles at a time of rapid economic growth in Asia are the main causes of pollution. The atmosphere is increasingly serious in the area.

'What worries us is that the concentration of PM10 dust particles in the air is rising again. 7 out of 10 cities in the developing Asian region are currently breathing in air harmful to their people's health , 'said Sophie Punte, executive director of Clean Air Asia organization, speaking at a lip conference. about environmental pollution in Hong Kong.

The situation of air pollution in Asia is increasingly serious.

PM10 is a very small particle (about 10 millionths of a meter), hovering in the air, can penetrate common masks to get in and stay in the lungs, causing disease in the system. Respiratory.

Clean Air Asia said that air pollution will increase when the number of vehicles in Asia is expected to exceed 1 billion by 2035. Energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions drag that of the continent will also increase by 400% compared to the level recorded in 2005.

A 2008 study by the World Health Organization (WHO) found that 800,000 of the 1.3 million young deaths per year in Asia are caused by environmental pollution. Experts recommend that this number may increase if no urgent action is taken.

O'Keefe, chairman of the Clean Air Asia Management Committee, added that the number of deaths from air pollution could double by 2050.

In the past few years, Asian countries such as China - the country is suffering from serious industrial pollution, overloaded transport and protection measures are still lax - have faced pressure to tighten air quality standards.