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Study Finds Air Pollution Top Risk Factor For Brain Stroke
The study showed that coupled with air pollution, high temperatures as well as metabolic disorders, fuelled a significant rise in global cases and deaths due to stroke in the last three decades.
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Air Pollution Linked To Nearly 2,000 Child Deaths A Day: Report
Nearly 2,000 children die every day from health problems linked to air pollution, which is now the second biggest risk factor for early death worldwide, a report said Wednesday.
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Air Pollution Causes Nearly 2,000 Child Deaths Daily: Report
Nearly 2,000 children under five years old die every day due to air pollution, a new report has revealed. That also makes air pollution the second leading cause of death in this age group worldwide after malnutrition.
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Air Pollution, Wildfires Linked To 135 Million Premature Deaths: Study
Pollution from man-made emissions and other sources like wildfires have been linked to around 135 million premature deaths worldwide between 1980 and 2020, a Singapore university said Monday.
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Research Uncovers Wide Range Of Health Risks From Air Pollution
Air pollution, world's top environmental health risk, causes diseases, loss of healthy years, and preventable deaths.
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Nearly 4,00,000 In Europe Died Due To Air Pollution In 2021: Report
Almost 400,000 deaths in Europe in 2021 were related to three main air pollutants and some could have been avoided if pollutants had been reduced to World Health Organisation-recommended levels, an EU report said on Friday.
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64,000 Babies Die In Womb Every Year Because Of Polluted Air In China: Report
China ranks fourth among the studied nations in terms of the number of foetal deaths caused by PM 2.5.
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1.5 Million People Die Every Year Due To PM 2.5 Air Pollution: Report
The World Health Organization's most recent estimates are that over 4.2 million people die prematurely each year due to long-term exposure to fine particulate outdoor air pollution referred to as PM2.5.
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Pollution Killed 9 Million People Globally In 2019: Report
Pollution caused some 9 million people to die prematurely in 2019, according to a new global report published Wednesday, with experts raising alarm over increasing deaths from breathing outside air and the "horrifying" toll of lead poisoning.
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Nearly Entire Global Population Breathing Polluted Air: WHO
A full 99 percent of people on Earth breathe air containing too many pollutants, the World Health Organization said Monday, blaming poor air quality for millions of deaths each year.
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Gateway To Kerala Backwaters A Sewage Dump "Floating With Filth": Report
Kerala's once scenic Ashtamudi Lake, described as the gateway to the state's backwaters and preferred by tourists world over for houseboat rides, has become a dump site for sewage which is slowly choking it to death, according to a KeLSA inspection.
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New WHO Air-Quality Guidelines Aim To Cut Deaths Linked To Fossil Fuels
In 2019, a full 90 per cent of the global population was breathing air considered unhealthy by the 2005 guidelines, according to WHO data.
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Air Pollution Kills 7 Million A Year, Says WHO, Toughens Guidelines
The World Health Organisation on Wednesday issued its first air quality guidelines since 2005 aimed at reducing deaths from key pollutants that cause cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, slashing recommended maximum levels for several pollutants.
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Nearly 5 Deaths Per Minute In India Due To Fossil Fuels Burning: Report
India has the highest number of premature deaths in the world due to emissions from burning fossil fuels, according to a new study published in the Environmental Research journal, conducted by researchers at Harvard University, University of Birmingham and the University of Leicester and University College London.
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In A UK Legal First, Air Pollution Played Role In 9-Year-Old's Death
In a British legal first on Wednesday, a coroner ruled that air pollution contributed to the death of a nine-year-old girl with severe asthma who lived by a busy road.
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Study Finds Air Pollution Top Risk Factor For Brain Stroke
The study showed that coupled with air pollution, high temperatures as well as metabolic disorders, fuelled a significant rise in global cases and deaths due to stroke in the last three decades.
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Air Pollution Linked To Nearly 2,000 Child Deaths A Day: Report
Nearly 2,000 children die every day from health problems linked to air pollution, which is now the second biggest risk factor for early death worldwide, a report said Wednesday.
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Air Pollution Causes Nearly 2,000 Child Deaths Daily: Report
Nearly 2,000 children under five years old die every day due to air pollution, a new report has revealed. That also makes air pollution the second leading cause of death in this age group worldwide after malnutrition.
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Air Pollution, Wildfires Linked To 135 Million Premature Deaths: Study
Pollution from man-made emissions and other sources like wildfires have been linked to around 135 million premature deaths worldwide between 1980 and 2020, a Singapore university said Monday.
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Research Uncovers Wide Range Of Health Risks From Air Pollution
Air pollution, world's top environmental health risk, causes diseases, loss of healthy years, and preventable deaths.
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Nearly 4,00,000 In Europe Died Due To Air Pollution In 2021: Report
Almost 400,000 deaths in Europe in 2021 were related to three main air pollutants and some could have been avoided if pollutants had been reduced to World Health Organisation-recommended levels, an EU report said on Friday.
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64,000 Babies Die In Womb Every Year Because Of Polluted Air In China: Report
China ranks fourth among the studied nations in terms of the number of foetal deaths caused by PM 2.5.
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1.5 Million People Die Every Year Due To PM 2.5 Air Pollution: Report
The World Health Organization's most recent estimates are that over 4.2 million people die prematurely each year due to long-term exposure to fine particulate outdoor air pollution referred to as PM2.5.
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Pollution Killed 9 Million People Globally In 2019: Report
Pollution caused some 9 million people to die prematurely in 2019, according to a new global report published Wednesday, with experts raising alarm over increasing deaths from breathing outside air and the "horrifying" toll of lead poisoning.
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Nearly Entire Global Population Breathing Polluted Air: WHO
A full 99 percent of people on Earth breathe air containing too many pollutants, the World Health Organization said Monday, blaming poor air quality for millions of deaths each year.
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Gateway To Kerala Backwaters A Sewage Dump "Floating With Filth": Report
Kerala's once scenic Ashtamudi Lake, described as the gateway to the state's backwaters and preferred by tourists world over for houseboat rides, has become a dump site for sewage which is slowly choking it to death, according to a KeLSA inspection.
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New WHO Air-Quality Guidelines Aim To Cut Deaths Linked To Fossil Fuels
In 2019, a full 90 per cent of the global population was breathing air considered unhealthy by the 2005 guidelines, according to WHO data.
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Air Pollution Kills 7 Million A Year, Says WHO, Toughens Guidelines
The World Health Organisation on Wednesday issued its first air quality guidelines since 2005 aimed at reducing deaths from key pollutants that cause cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, slashing recommended maximum levels for several pollutants.
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Nearly 5 Deaths Per Minute In India Due To Fossil Fuels Burning: Report
India has the highest number of premature deaths in the world due to emissions from burning fossil fuels, according to a new study published in the Environmental Research journal, conducted by researchers at Harvard University, University of Birmingham and the University of Leicester and University College London.
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In A UK Legal First, Air Pollution Played Role In 9-Year-Old's Death
In a British legal first on Wednesday, a coroner ruled that air pollution contributed to the death of a nine-year-old girl with severe asthma who lived by a busy road.
