A comprehensive report on India’s air quality claims that India’s catastrophic air pollution issues were responsible for the deaths of more than 116,000 infants within the first month of life in 2019. The report, titled “State of Global Air 2020” named India and sub-Saharan Africa as two of the world’s major air pollution hotspots. Long-term exposure to both outdoor and household air pollution was said to have contributed to over 1.67 million annual deaths from stroke, heart attack, diabetes, lung cancer, chronic lung diseases and neonatal diseases in India in 2019. Air pollution is now marked as the most common risk factor for deaths from all health risks. This runs true of both noncommunicable conditions, as well as infectious disease due to the immune system implications of the chronic inflammation caused by air pollution. The effects of pollution on health are profound. Not only is air pollution damaging to the lungs, evidence has been uncovered linking the exposure … Read Full Article about Air pollution cited as top health risk
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Air pollution cited as top health risk
A comprehensive report on India’s air quality claims that India’s catastrophic air pollution issues were responsible for the deaths of more than 116,000 infants within the first month of life in … Read Full Article about Air pollution cited as top health risk
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