Indoor pollution is the most deadly

Experts warn that indoor air pollution is alarming, as 70% of people surveyed in a survey complain about the atmosphere in their place.

Master Nguyen Trinh Huong of the Vietnam Institute of Labor Science and Technology said that considering the level of impact on human health compared to other types of pollution, indoor air pollution has billions. highest death rate.

This statement was made at a scientific conference on urban air pollution, which took place on Saturday.

Cooking is one of the important sources of indoor air pollution.
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Currently in Vietnam there is no specific study on the dangers of indoor air pollution. According to Ms. Huong, among the risk factors affecting workers' health such as dust, toxic gas, chemicals, microbiology, noise, vibration, burden, and working posture . the factor group polluting the workplace most affected to health. This group of factors includes dust, gas vapor, chemical vapor.

Survey results at 10 Hanoi condominiums of the Center for Environmental Science and Sustainable Development show that more than 70% of people complained about air pollution in their homes.

The center also conducted investigations in two buildings in Vietnam in the 2000s, found many people with symptoms of itching and fatigue. These symptoms are lost if people work in that weekend or long vacation.

Typically, the level of indoor air pollution is two to five times higher than outdoors, according to an American study. Recently, the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention has just released a report on the impact of air pollution, showing that the level of indoor air pollution is even 5-10 times greater. compared to outdoor air.

The World Health Organization also said that indoor air pollution is considered the most serious problem, because up to 80% of human activity takes place in the home.

At industrial labor environment, air pollution can cause some occupational diseases such as silicosis, cotton dust, pulmonary tuberculosis, in which silicosis can account for 74.5% of accumulated sick.

According to the World Health Organization, urban air pollution causes about 800,000 deaths and 4.6 million people to reduce life expectancy in the world every year. Two-thirds of the deaths and reduced life expectancy due to air pollution in developing countries in Asia.