The air pollution — caused primarily by the use of fossil fuels — is harmful to our health. That’s not a scoop. This is also why the World Health Organization (Health: what is the WHO?
As stated in its constitution, WHO aims to bring all peoples to the highest level of health…” data-image=”https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/ images/midioriginal/c/0/3/c0318e9153_101519_oms-logo.jpg” data-url=”https://www.futura-sciences.com/health/definitions/medicine-oms-4321/” data-more=”Read more”>OMS) sets limits. At 15 micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m3) over a 24-hour period for the density of PM2.5 — those particles whose diameter does not exceed 2.5 microns and which can enter our Lung Functions
The role of the two lungs is to carry out gas exchange between the human body and the ambient air. These exchanges take place at the level of the alveoli, where the blood is then enriched in oxygen and depleted in carbon dioxide….” data-image=”https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/midioriginal /4/8/3/483ff8575d_50035566_lungs-wwwcfeducationca.jpg” data-url=”https://www.futura-sciences.com/health/definitions/biology-lung-7024/” data-more=”Read more” >lungs or even in our blood — or 5 μg/m3 on average over an entire year, for example.
Boredom, reveal to us today University of Chicago researchers (United States) is that all populated areas of the world today exceed these limits. Sometimes even cheerfully! In Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, for example, the average density of PM2.5 thus approached, in 2020 — in full pandemic yet –, the 90 μg/m3. And this has implications for thelife expectancy. The researchers estimate it to be 8 years less than what it could be if the WHO limit were respected.
ALERT: 99% of the world’s population is exposed to polluted air according to the#OMS.
New data from @who show that :
7 million deaths are linked to air pollution each year.
people in developing countries are most at risk. pic.twitter.com/0PtWviYj75— ONU Geneve (@ONUGeneve) April 5, 2022
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In Europe, the situation is better. Thanks to strong policies and a will to change. Even if the east remained more exposed, the average density of PM2.5 in 2020 was around 11 μg/m3. If the WHO limits were respected, we would therefore only gain ” what “ 7 months oflife expectancy. And France is even better off since researchers estimate that an inhabitant of Île-de-France, for example, would not gain more than four months of life expectancy there.
Overall, the researchers believe that the atmospheric pollution reduces global average life expectancy by 2.2 years compared to a world that meets the WHO limit. An impact on life expectancy comparable to that of smoking, more than three times greater than that of the consumption of
Primary alcohols: carbon carries two…” data-image=”https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/midioriginal/a/f/e/afe9d01940_121145_alcool-definition.jpg” data-url= “https://www.futura-sciences.com/sciences/definitions/chemistry-alcohol-640/” data-more=”Read more”>alcohol and Consumption of unsanitary water, because it is contaminated with pathogens or pollutants, can lead to the development of waterborne diseases and epidemics.
Every year, 2.2 million children die from unsafe water (2010 figure).” data-image=”https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/midioriginal/e/ 9/5/e9508aedb3_50035362_water-unsanitary-water-disease-hdptcar-cc-2.jpg” data-url=”https://www.futura-sciences.com/planete/definitions/developpement-durable-eau-unsanitary-6596 /” data-more=”Read definition”>dirty watersix times higher than that of HIV/AIDS and no less than 89 times higher than that of conflicts and terrorism.
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