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In the meantime pollution kills over 2 million Indians annually. That's 5480 EVERY SINGLE DAY!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-pollution-linked-deaths-in-world-study-finds
India suffers most pollution-linked deaths in world, study finds
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Pollution causes more than 2 million deaths a year in India, while Chad, Central African Republic and North Korea saw highest per capita rates
People walk in front of the smog-covered India Gate war memorial in Delhi. India has the most pollution-related deaths in the world. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters
Agence France-Presse
Thu 19 Dec 2019 12.43 AEDT
India leads the world in pollution-linked deaths– followed by China and Nigeria – according to a report published on Wednesday that estimated the global impact of contaminants in the air, water and workplace.
The report by the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP) found pollution to be the largest environmental cause of premature death on the planet, causing 15% of all deaths – some 8.3 million people.
Among the 10 countries with the most pollution deaths in 2017, the latest year for which data was available, were some of the world’s largest and wealthiest nations, as well as some poorer ones.
India and China led in the number of pollution deaths, with about 2.3 million and 1.8 million respectively, followed by Nigeria, Indonesia and Pakistan.
The US came seventh with almost 200,000 deaths.
Depression and suicide linked to air pollution in new global study
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“The report reminds us all that pollution is a global crisis,” said Rachael Kupka, acting executive director of GAHP. “It does not matter where you live. Pollution will find you.”
These figures certainly put a fresh and far more accurate perspective regarding the dangers of a relatively harmless virus.
In the meantime pollution kills over 2 million Indians annually. That's 5480 EVERY SINGLE DAY!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-pollution-linked-deaths-in-world-study-finds
India suffers most pollution-linked deaths in world, study finds
This article is more than 1 year old
Pollution causes more than 2 million deaths a year in India, while Chad, Central African Republic and North Korea saw highest per capita rates
People walk in front of the smog-covered India Gate war memorial in Delhi. India has the most pollution-related deaths in the world. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters
Agence France-Presse
Thu 19 Dec 2019 12.43 AEDT
India leads the world in pollution-linked deaths– followed by China and Nigeria – according to a report published on Wednesday that estimated the global impact of contaminants in the air, water and workplace.
The report by the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP) found pollution to be the largest environmental cause of premature death on the planet, causing 15% of all deaths – some 8.3 million people.
Among the 10 countries with the most pollution deaths in 2017, the latest year for which data was available, were some of the world’s largest and wealthiest nations, as well as some poorer ones.
India and China led in the number of pollution deaths, with about 2.3 million and 1.8 million respectively, followed by Nigeria, Indonesia and Pakistan.
The US came seventh with almost 200,000 deaths.
Depression and suicide linked to air pollution in new global study
Read more
“The report reminds us all that pollution is a global crisis,” said Rachael Kupka, acting executive director of GAHP. “It does not matter where you live. Pollution will find you.”
These figures certainly put a fresh and far more accurate perspective regarding the dangers of a relatively harmless virus.
