Increasing risk of air pollution worldwide
With an estimated 3.5 to 7 million people dying of famine worldwide each year due to various diseases caused by air pollution, no concrete efforts have been made to prevent it, and by 2060, the number is expected to rise to 6 to 9 million, one person every four to five seconds. Has been done.
According to a 2016 report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), entitled The Economic Consequences of Outdoor Air Pollution, 200 million people will die in the next 45 years due to air pollution.
Three hundred and four thousand 365 people die of various heart diseases every year due to toxic air in 11 countries of South East Asia.
According to a recent UNICEF report, about 600,000 children under the age of five die from indoor and outdoor air pollution. Pollution not only affects their lung growth, but also their brain development, the report said.
Air pollution in South Asia kills 1.7 million people every year. That's 30 percent of the world's air pollution deaths. Heart disease caused by toxic air kills 249,388 people annually in India, the highest in the region.
The new problem of bronchitis in children between the ages of 6 and 12 due to other pollutant diseases is estimated to increase from the current 12 million to 36 million annually by 2060.
In the case of adults, such problems are estimated to increase from the current 3.5 million to 100 million per year by 2060.
About 80 percent of the world's population living in urban areas are exposed to more pollution than the World Health Organization-mandated air quality. Residents of low-income urban areas are particularly affected.
According to the latest Urban Air Quality Statistics, 98 percent of the cities in the Middle East and Southeast Asian countries, which are poor and developing economically, do not meet air quality standards.
Air pollution has become a major environmental health problem in Europe, with around 467,000 people losing their lives every year, according to a report released by the European Environment Agency (EEA).
The impact of air pollution is not limited to any one country, but affects neighboring countries as well, so collective efforts and commitment are needed to control it.
A study showed that more than 100,000 people died in Southeast Asia last year due to smoke from forest fires in Indonesia. Researchers from Harvard and Columbia Universities in the United States have estimated that more than 90,000 people have died in Indonesia alone.
The Indonesian government had earlier said that only 19 people had died due to smoke billowing. Environmentalists have taken the deaths of thousands of people in neighboring countries, including Singapore and Malaysia, as serious.
According to the study, last year's tsunami killed 91,600 people in Indonesia, 6,000 in Malaysia and more than 2,000 in Singapore.
Economists argue that air pollution increases the risk of many diseases, not only makes productive people sicker, but also increases the additional cost of treatment, which can have a negative effect on economic growth and affect the global economy.
By 2060, 3.75 billion working days will be lost due to health problems caused by polluted air, resulting in a decline of more than one percent in GDP, or an annual loss of 2.6 trillion by 2060.
On average, a person would be willing to pay up to 30 per 100,000 dollars each year to cover the risk of untimely death from air pollution. The report indicates that the damage caused by untimely deaths due to air pollution will reach 180 to 250 trillion per annum by 2060.
A recent study by the World Health Organization (WHO) found air pollution to be a major problem in the cities of the world's low- and middle-income countries.
Ninety-eight percent of the cities in those countries that do not meet the standards set by the United Nations Health and Environment Agency are living in polluted air.
Various media outlets around the world have highlighted the issue of air pollution in the cities of low and middle income countries, which is a 'silent killer' that adversely affects human health and the environment.
Indoor smoke kills 2 million people worldwide each year. Indoor smoke is the fourth leading cause of death in the world.
More than half of the world's population, especially in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, use bioenergy for cooking and heating. This has adversely affected their health as well as the environment.
Air pollution cannot be reduced unless clean and renewable energy replaces the consumption of mineral and bioenergy, the mainstay of global economic development.
Environmentalists are pushing for lower carbon energy production by reducing energy-related emissions by about 70 percent from 2010.
Major pollutants are sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, organic matter, atmospheric particles, ozone gas, etc.
When inhaled, such substances can reach the lungs and circulatory system through the respiratory tract and have adverse effects on human health.
Dust and smoke particles in the atmosphere reach the lungs through the respiratory tract, increasing the risk of respiratory diseases, asthma, pneumonia, cough, bronchitis, allergies and cancer. A study by the WHO's International Committee on Cancer found that air pollution was a major cause of lung cancer.
Studies in Europe, South and North America and Asia have shown that the risk of various non-communicable diseases is increasing with increasing air pollution.
According to a study by Air Pollution, which affects the respiratory system and the heart the most, it could be the leading cause of death in the world in the coming days, according to news agencies.
Air pollution has a negative impact not only on human health but also on agriculture.
According to a report by the World Food Program (WFP), air pollution has destroyed 110 million metric tons of crops annually due to the depletion of the ozone layer.
The WHO has called for reducing the number of vehicles and emphasizing on waste management to reduce the problem of air pollution. It also emphasizes the need to use healthy and clean fuel for cooking.
Emphasis on clean energy technology to keep the environment clean and healthy, discouraging the use of firewood or coal and emphasizing on vehicle pollution standards, industrialization and environment friendly and green roads can create a safer earth and ensure a healthier life for future generations.
The WHO report states that polluted air is found in less developed countries than in developed countries of the world.
Despite being behind in industrialization, Nepal is at high risk of air pollution as it is located between China and India which are at high risk of air pollution.
Air pollution kills about 10,000 people in Nepal every year. According to the World Health Organization, about 3300 people die of heart disease, about one thousand from lung cancer, about one thousand 800 from asthma, about three thousand 200 from stroke and about 800 people die from lower respiratory tract infections.
Various international reports have stated that Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, is at the top of the list of polluted cities in the world. The amount of pollution has increased in the valley due to road dust, vehicle exhaust and smoke coming out of brick kilns.
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