Air pollution killing more people than smoking, say scientists
Air pollution caused estimated 790,000 deaths, between 40 and 80 percent of them from cardiovascular diseasesLONDON: Air pollution is killing more people every year than smoking, according to research published on Tuesday that called for urgent action to stop burning fossil fuels. Researchers in Germany and Cyprus estimated that airpollution caused 8.8 million extra deaths in 2015 – almostdouble the previously estimated 4.5 million. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates smoking kills about 7 million people a year globally. “To put this into perspective, this means that air pollution causes more extra deaths a year than tobacco smoking,” said Munzel. “Smoking is avoidable but air pollution is not.”Read full story
Source: The Express Tribune March 12, 2019 15:56 UTC
