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Air pollution causes reduction life expectancy of people around the world in a much larger on a scale than diseases, infections, warriors and other forms of violence, said scientists from Germany.
The current state of ecology shortens life on average by three years. Total contaminated mortality rates air ahead of HIV, malaria, smoking and other global factors. The work is published on the website of the European Society cardiologists.
Scientists thought that polluted air caused around 8.8 million premature deaths in 2015. Estimated, this is equivalent to an average reduction in life expectancy three years for the entire population at the moment.
Scientists then compared mortality due to adverse environmental conditions with other major causes of mortality in the world. So, smoking shortens life expectancy by an average of 2.2 years and kills about 7.2 million people; HIV / AIDS for 0.7 years and kills about 1 million people. Malaria and other infections transmitted through insects, reduce life expectancy by 0.6 years and are responsible for 600 thousand deaths. All forms of violence including war-related deaths about 530 thousand people.
“Air pollution surpasses malaria as 19 times global cause of premature death, violence and warriors 16 times; HIV / AIDS 9 times; alcohol abuse and 45 and 60 times respectively, “commented study co-author Jos Leliveld.
The effect of polluted air on human health turned out to be much more serious than expected, so you can call the current the state of affairs is a “pandemic,” the scientist concluded.
It is estimated that if air pollution is removed by reduce fossil fuel then expected life expectancy can be increased to two years.
Climate change due to environmental degradation in the world already called a health problem. According to many scientists, climate hell awaits people in the next ten years.
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