The analysis builds on research published in September and confirms that calculation of 8.8m early deaths a year from outdoor air pollution around the world, double previous estimates. In Germany, there were 154 early deaths per 100,000 people, with an average reduction of 2.4 years in life expectancy. “The prevention guidelines for CVD must adopt air pollution as an important risk factor,” he said. Some deaths could have been misattributed to air pollution, but it is as likely that the true number of deaths could be even higher, they said. The effects of air pollution on infant deaths was not included, because the evidence is not yet as strong.

Source: The Guardian March 12, 2019 10:00 UTC