The air is often rife with particles that can penetrate deep into the lungs, enter the veins and arteries, and cause disease, according to WHO.
The U.N. health agency said nearly everybody in the world breathes air that doesn’t meet its standards for air quality, calling for more action to reduce fossil-fuel use, which generates pollutants that cause respiratory and blood-flow problems and lead to millions of preventable deaths each year.GENEVA — The U.N.
“After surviving a pandemic, it is unacceptable to still have 7 million preventable deaths and countless preventable lost years of good health due to air pollution,” said Dr. Maria Neira, head of WHO’s department of environment, climate change and health. “Yet too many investments are still being sunk into a polluted environment rather than in clean, healthy air.”
Particulate matter has many sources, such as transportation, power plants, agriculture, the burning of waste and industry – as well as fromThe developing world is particularly hard hit: India had high levels of PM10, while China showed high levels of PM2.5, the database showed. India and the world need to brace for major changes to try to curb air pollution, including using electric vehicles, shifting away from fossil fuels, embracing a massive scaling-up of green energy and separating types of waste, she said.
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