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Air Pollution Linked To 135m Premature Deaths – Study

Air Pollution Linked To 135m Premature Deaths - Study
Khadijah OlowodeBy Khadijah OlowodeJune 10, 2024No Comments0 Views
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A research carried out by Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU)has revealed that pollution from man-made emissions and other sources like wildfires have been linked to around 135 million premature deaths worldwide between 1980 and 2020

NTU, unveiling the results of a study led by its researchers on Monday, 10 June,2024, said weather phenomena like El Nino and the Indian Ocean Dipole worsened the effects of these pollutants by intensifying their concentration in the air.

According to the study, the tiny particles called particulate matter 2.5, or “PM 2.5” are harmful to human health when inhaled because they are small enough to enter the bloodstream. They come from vehicle and industrial emissions as well as natural sources like fires and dust storms.

The fine particulate matter “was associated with approximately 135 million premature deaths globally” from 1980 to 2020, the university said in a statement on the study, published in the journal Environment International.

It found that people were dying younger than the average life expectancy from diseases or conditions that could have been treated or prevented, including stroke, heart and lung disease, and cancer.

Weather patterns increased the deaths by 14 percent, the study found.

Asia had the “highest number of premature deaths attributable to PM 2.5 pollution” at more than 98 million people, mostly in China and India, the university said.

Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Japan also had significant numbers of premature deaths, ranging from 2 to 5 million people,” it added.

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