• EPA studies indicate that the levels of many air pollutants may be two to five times higher in indoor air than outdoor air. (cdc.gov)
  • In some cases, indoor air pollutants may even be 100 times higher than outdoors. (cdc.gov)
  • Pollutants from fireplaces and woodstoves with no dedicated outdoor air supply can be back-drafted from the chimney into the living space, particularly in weatherized homes [US Environmental Protection Agency 2012a]. (cdc.gov)
  • The new estimates are not only based on more knowledge about the diseases caused by air pollution, but also upon better assessment of human exposure to air pollutants through the use of improved measurements and technology. (who.int)
  • Also, external sources of Radon, pesticides residues, toxic chemicals and other outdoor air pollutants can enter and trapped inside buildings. (chem-tox-ecotox.org)
  • Indoor concentrations of some pollutants have increased in recent decades due to energy-efficient building construction and increased use of synthetic building materials, furnishings, personal care products, pesticides, and household cleaners. (chem-tox-ecotox.org)
  • The new numbers equate to these pollutants being the cause of one in four deaths of children 1 month to 5 years old. (cnn.com)
  • Associations between indoor air pollutants and building ventilation or cooking were also observed. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The study found that the local outdoor levels of certain pollutants and ozone were the most important determinants of indoor levels of the same air pollutants. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Scientists have designed catalyst-coated lampshades that transform indoor air pollutants into harmless compounds. (sciencedaily.com)
  • 22, 2021 Having good room ventilation to dilute and disperse indoor air pollutants has long been recognized, and with the COVID-19 pandemic its importance has become all the more heightened. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Indoor air pollution is created by the release of harmful pollutants inside. (weforum.org)
  • These pollutants work their way inside and, unlike the air outside, are not subject to compulsory monitoring, except, since 2011 in France for certain pollutants - formaldehyde and benzene - and then only in buildings open to the public. (veolia.com)
  • Decreases in pulmonary functions and exacerbations of asthma have been associated with ambient air pollutants (e.g., ozone, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, acid aerosols, and particulate matter) (3), indoor pollutants (e.g., tobacco smoke), and allergens (e.g., dust mites) (4). (cdc.gov)
  • These paved the way for the 1970 Clean Air Act, a sweeping piece of legislation that required the newly created Environmental Protection Agency to use the best available science to set and enforce limits on six major pollutants at levels that would allow "an adequate margin of safety…requisite to protect the public health. (nybooks.com)
  • Gradually, overall levels of particulate matter, ozone, and other pollutants in the air began to decline. (nybooks.com)
  • And it is one of six pollutants deemed sufficiently dangerous that they are federally regulated by outdoor air pollution standards. (weact.org)
  • Cooking and heating with these fuels on open fires or stoves without chimneys mean the hazardous pollutants and dust particles remain in the indoor air. (rehva.eu)
  • At its essence air pollution is a buildup of harmful particulates within the earth's atmosphere, including carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, and compounds emitted from gaseous primary pollutants (smog) - just to name a few. (bewellbuzz.com)
  • While it is true that natural causes can lead to harmful air pollutants (ex: volcanic eruptions), these natural sources are minimal in comparison to the rising problem of human-caused air pollution. (bewellbuzz.com)
  • Studies on the assessment of indoor air pollutants in terms of concentration and characterization in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have been recently carried out. (degruyter.com)
  • This review assesses the health effects associated with indoor air pollution exposures in GCC, including other air pollutants (siloxanes, flame retardants, synthetic phenolic antioxidants) which were not explored in a previous study. (degruyter.com)
  • It was revealed that there is a lack of human health assessment studies on most indoor air pollutants in almost all GCC countries, except the United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, where few attempts were made for some specific pollutants. (degruyter.com)
  • The exposure of Americans to toxic air pollutants is dominated by what we breathe indoors, and corresponding health risks dwarf other environmental issues. (utexas.edu)
  • For example, some air pollutants -- called PM1 -- are less than a single micron in diameter, making it invisible to the naked eye. (msdmanuals.com)
  • In a final step, they estimated the fraction of deaths in each square attributable to a specific pollution source, including automobiles, power plants, in-home energy generation, and farm activities such as burning crop residues. (goodnightnaturals.com)
  • To characterize national trends in mortality and hospitalizations attributable to asthma among children and young adults (persons aged less than 25 years) during 1980-1993, CDC analyzed mortality data from its multiple cause-of-death files and hospitalization data from the National Hospital Discharge Survey. (cdc.gov)
  • About 677,000 of those deaths are attributable to wildfire smoke , and children under five account for 39 per cent of wildfire-related mortality. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Every year 4.3 million deaths occur from exposure to indoor air pollution and 3.7 million deaths are attributable to outdoor air pollution. (paho.org)
  • Balakrishnan says in India alone some 3.5 million deaths a year are attributable to household air pollution. (voanews.com)
  • Consequently, 56 % of all indoor air pollution-attributable deaths occur in children under five years old. (rehva.eu)
  • BACKGROUND: One out of ten deaths of children under five are attributable to indoor air pollution. (bvsalud.org)
  • once hospitalized, the death rate attributable to asthma for patients older than 65 years is 14 times higher than that of patients aged 18-35 years. (medscape.com)
  • The clinician should consider the following possible sources of indoor air pollution when eliciting information on exposures. (cdc.gov)
  • The new estimates are based on the latest WHO mortality data from 2012, as well as evidence of health risks from air pollution exposures. (who.int)
  • If designed and operated properly, buildings can be shelters that substantially reduce population exposures to harmful outdoor air pollution. (utexas.edu)
  • Data on pregnancy outcomes, exposures and confounders will be compiled and epidemiological studies on the effect of outdoor and household air pollution on pregnancy complications will be done. (lu.se)
  • The greatest impact is in low- and middle-income countries, many of which are ill-equipped to cope with the escalating burden of disease, and where 65% of cancer deaths occur. (who.int)
  • The greatest burden is in Asia, where most deaths related to air pollution occur. (latimes.com)
  • And the bulk of these deaths would occur in Asian countries such as India and China, the researchers concluded, where households often use soot-emitting stoves and furnaces powered by wood. (goodnightnaturals.com)
  • An estimated 130,180 lung cancer deaths are expected to occur in 2022 in the United States, accounting for about 21% of all cancer deaths nationwide . (lcfamerica.org)
  • Most cases and deaths occur in Asia, followed by Europe. (who.int)
  • Most of these deaths occur in developing countries and most can be prevented using currently recommended simple, affordable, and effective interventions. (bvsalud.org)
  • Researchers at Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health The study analyzed 3,080 counties in the U.S. and found that higher levels of particulate matter (PM) 2.5-the tiny, dangerous particles in the air-were associated with higher death rates from the disease. (eponline.com)
  • The study revealed a "large overlap" between coronavirus-related deaths and other diseases associated with long-term exposure to fine particulate matter. (eponline.com)
  • The paper found that if Manhattan had lowered it average particulate matter level by one single unit, or one microgram per cubic meter, over the past 20 years, the study suspects it could have seen 248 fewer COVID-19 deaths by this point in the pandemic. (eponline.com)
  • The New York Times piece provided the study's example that a person living for decades in a country with high levels of fine particulate matter is 15 percent more likely to die from the virus than someone in a region with one unit less of the fine particulate pollution. (eponline.com)
  • Most fine particulate matter comes from fuel combustion-automobiles, refineries, power plants and some indoor sources like tobacco smoke. (eponline.com)
  • A number of studies have found that exposure to fine particulate matter puts people at heightened risk for lung cancer, heart attacks, strokes and even premature death. (eponline.com)
  • The study will at least serve to warn cities with high populations and high particulate matter levels that they will likely see higher numbers of hospitalizations and deaths. (eponline.com)
  • Yes, these neon-bright powders rich in heavy metals and inhalable particulate matter (PM) do damage the skin and the respiratory system, and also stick around in dry air for days. (countercurrents.org)
  • The content in this section focuses on the above potential sources of indoor air pollution. (cdc.gov)
  • There are many sources of indoor air pollution: such as fuel-burning combustion appliances space heaters, furnaces, wood or coal-burning stoves and fireplaces. (chem-tox-ecotox.org)
  • But gas appliances aren't the only sources of indoor air pollution. (weact.org)
  • Because air pollution worsens underlying illnesses, most of the premature deaths cited were from heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and respiratory infections in children. (latimes.com)
  • Environmental exposure to ambient and indoor air pollution, noise, extreme temperatures, second-hand smoke and chemicals, among other factors, significantly contribute to the high burden of cardiovascular illnesses in Europe. (europa.eu)
  • Halton Foundation's scope covers initiatives related to indoor air quality, thermal conditions, breathable particulates and illnesses, conditions or diseases that may result from sub-standard indoor environmental quality. (rehva.eu)
  • This is strictly calculated by the amount of lost time, and reduced productivity due to illnesses caused by poor air quality. (bewellbuzz.com)
  • Common illnesses, such as emphysema and asthma, are directly linked to traffic pollution from exhaust pipes. (bewellbuzz.com)
  • The traditional biomass cookstoves used by most rural households for cooking burn fuel inefficiently and cause indoor air pollution, leading to illnesses and premature deaths. (giz.de)
  • Illnesses resulting from indoor air pollution or kerosene related accidents have decreased significantly, particularly among women and school children. (giz.de)
  • Unless nations act, air pollution deaths will double by 2050, study concludes. (goodnightnaturals.com)
  • Scientists warn that without significant steps, the number of premature deaths from air borne pollution will double by 2050. (voanews.com)
  • In new estimates released on 25 March 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that around 7 million people, including around 400 000 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, died prematurely in 2012 as a result of air pollution exposure. (who.int)
  • Air pollution kills about 7 million people a year and is linked to 1 in 8 deaths worldwide, according to a report released Tuesday by the World Health Organization. (latimes.com)
  • To get a clearer picture, researchers led by Jos Lelieveld of the Germany-based Max Planck Institute decided to take a global look at outdoor air pollution, which the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates is responsible for almost 3.5 million premature deaths annually. (goodnightnaturals.com)
  • More than 7 million people a year already die prematurely from indoor and outdoor air pollution, according to the World Health Organization. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Ambient and indoor air pollution is responsible for roughly seven million premature deaths annually (World Health Organization) each year. (durham.ac.uk)
  • Kaveh Zahedi, the UN's Environment Program (UNEP) regional representative for Asia and the Pacific, says the costs from air pollution are rising for millions across the region, with hundreds of cities facing pollution levels exceeding World Health Organization (WHO) safety standards. (voanews.com)
  • To clarify the major issues and try to focus future efforts in this area, the World Health Organization and USAID, with collaboration from the World Bank, jointly sponsored the Global Consultation on the Health Impact of Indoor Air Pollution and Household Energy in Developing Countries. (ehproject.org)
  • According to the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution was responsible for roughly 7 million premature deaths in 2014. (bewellbuzz.com)
  • In particular, the new data reveal a stronger link between both indoor and outdoor air pollution exposure and cardiovascular diseases, such as stroke and ischaemic heart disease, as well as between air pollution and cancer. (who.int)
  • This is in addition to air pollution's role in the development of respiratory diseases, including acute respiratory infections and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. (who.int)
  • Included in the assessment is a breakdown of deaths attributed to specific diseases, underlining that the vast majority of air pollution deaths are due to cardiovascular diseases as follows. (who.int)
  • Polluted indoor air has been linked to respiratory diseases, such as lung asthma. (chem-tox-ecotox.org)
  • Indoor air pollution has also been linked to other adverse health effects and increased risk of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. (chem-tox-ecotox.org)
  • Infants exposed to indoor or outdoor air pollution, including secondhand smoke, have an increased risk of pneumonia during childhood as well as an increased risk of chronic respiratory diseases - such as asthma - for the rest of their lives, one report states. (cnn.com)
  • To do that, they used a set of equations-recently updated based on the most recent epidemiological research-describing how exposure to air pollution affects a person's risk of dying from various diseases. (goodnightnaturals.com)
  • Deaths attributed to asthma were based on the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9), codes 493.0-493.9. (cdc.gov)
  • The new WHO guidelines aim to help countries introduce cleaner technologies, improve air quality in poor households, reduce pollution-related diseases and save lives. (straitstimes.com)
  • Most of the world's population is exposed to highly polluted air conditions exceeding the WHO limits, causing various human diseases that lead towards increased morbidity as well as mortality. (mdpi.com)
  • Every year in the EU, more than 6 million new cases of CVD are diagnosed and over 1.7 million people die from diseases of the circulatory system, representing around 37% of all deaths (Timmis et al. (europa.eu)
  • These exposure levels are 5-20 times the WHO's outdoor annual air quality guideline (AQG) of 10 μg/m3, and cause serious health effects including heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and respiratory diseases. (copenhagenconsensus.com)
  • Small particles can have a strongly negative effect on human health, causing and exacerbating lung diseases, triggering cardiovascular events, cancers and premature deaths. (gofundme.com)
  • Air pollution is a major impetus behind a long list of serious diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, as well as lung diseases such as acute respiratory and chronic obstructive pulmonary infections. (bewellbuzz.com)
  • It is estimated that approximately 80% of lung diseases are caused by poor air quality. (bewellbuzz.com)
  • As the air quality in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, is very poor, respiratory diseases, including asthma and COPD, pose threat to city-dwellers. (researchgate.net)
  • In this study, we investigated the association between air quality of Dhaka recorded at Continuous Air Quality Monitoring Station (CAMS) in Darussalam, Dhaka and hospital visits due to asthma and COPD in National Asthma Centre of National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital, Dhaka. (researchgate.net)
  • This result show that, asthma and COPD diseases are associated with air pollution and it may take up to 0 to 7 days to manifest the symptom leading to hospital visit. (researchgate.net)
  • Symptoms most commonly range from mild cough and mucous membrane irritation to severe exacerbations of underlying pulmonary diseases like COPD or asthma and, in extreme cases, death. (medscape.com)
  • more than half of these deaths are due to diseases that are preventable and treatable through simple, affordable interventions. (bvsalud.org)
  • 5) Malnutrition is the underlying contributing factor in over one third of all child deaths, making children more vulnerable to severe diseases 6 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Direct effects, such as increased ambient temperatures, air pollution, ultraviolet (UV) radiation, extreme weather, vector-borne diseases, and expanded vector ranges (discussed in more detail below). (cdc.gov)
  • The next section discusses additional potential exposure sources and pathways to hazardous substances in the home and environment that may also contribute to poor indoor air quality and pose exposure and health risks. (cdc.gov)
  • More than 90% of the world's population is thought to breathe air that violates quality guidelines set by the WHO. (cnn.com)
  • They also reflect improved air quality measurements and new mapping that allowed scientists to conduct a more detailed analysis of the exposure in urban and rural communities. (latimes.com)
  • Before joining the editorial board in November 2021, he worked for 15 years as a news reporter for the Times' California section, covering air quality, climate change, environmental health and other topics. (latimes.com)
  • We specialize in mold assessment testing and indoor environmental quality. (bermudayp.com)
  • Families who use quality, properly fitted air filters in their home - and replace them regularly throughout the year - are more likely to reap the benefits of superior Indoor Air Quality. (aprilaire.com)
  • Generic air filters won't always fit properly, meaning your healthy home's central air system isn't running efficiently, decreasing indoor air quality in the process. (aprilaire.com)
  • Ventilation allows airborne debris to cycle through your Healthy Home, meaning the air is less stagnate and that airborne debris is more likely to be captured by your air filter, increasing Indoor Air Quality in the process. (aprilaire.com)
  • For a Healthy Home, be sure to consider what type of air filters you use and how efficient they are at removing air particles to increase Indoor Air Quality. (aprilaire.com)
  • Lastly, steer clear of generic-brand air filters that sacrifice quality and efficiency. (aprilaire.com)
  • The people who breathe the air pay for its quality. (econlib.org)
  • The quality of the air we breathe is becoming a major public health issue in the world's largest cities, and buildings are now being designed to reinforce their impermeability on an ever-rising scale. (veolia.com)
  • It nevertheless leaves a number of questions unanswered with regard to indoor air quality. (veolia.com)
  • Can buildings really offer acceptable indoor air quality, while claiming to be completely airtight. (veolia.com)
  • Here, together with InSPIRE colleagues Dr Suzanne Bartington (Birmingham University) and Professor Stefan Reis (UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology), Brian discusses why air quality strategies should include benefits on brain health. (durham.ac.uk)
  • We now need to push an agenda for change and have produced a list of strategic priority areas for public health and air quality policy, which we believe are necessary to reduce the effects of air pollution on brain health, be it in the UK or elsewhere in the world. (durham.ac.uk)
  • Our study highlights the importance of raising public awareness and how improvements in air quality will reduce brain disease, improve quality of life, and reduce health-related costs. (durham.ac.uk)
  • Whilst the magnitude of the relationship between PM 2.5 and brain health is yet to be fully quantified, the causal link meets many of the nine principles of the Bradford-Hill criteria for causation, confirming the relationship between exposure to poor air quality and brain disease. (durham.ac.uk)
  • We evaluated air quality policies for their brain health benefits and identified fourteen priority areas under three policy domains. (durham.ac.uk)
  • A government analysis in the immediate aftermath estimated that the atmospheric muck-mostly produced by the burning of low-quality coal to heat homes-caused nearly four thousand deaths. (nybooks.com)
  • States were responsible for enforcement, overseeing permitting and issuing fines-but if states failed to meet air quality standards, the federal government could take over with its own plan. (nybooks.com)
  • Air pollution, air quality has to be one of the top priorities,' said Zahedi. (voanews.com)
  • Mary Rivera and her daughter Francelli Reyes were among the participants of WE ACT's Out of Gas, In with Justice pilot study of how transitioning from a gas stove to an induction stove impacts indoor air quality. (weact.org)
  • We had studied the impact on indoor air quality when replacing gas stoves with induction stoves in a NYCHA development in the Bronx. (weact.org)
  • Halton Foundation supports non-profit organisations and initiatives that promote wellbeing of people suffering from poor indoor environmental quality for environmental or economic conditions. (rehva.eu)
  • Halton Foundation is a charity organisation that promotes wellbeing of people suffering from poor indoor environmental quality due to environmental or economic conditions. (rehva.eu)
  • Studies indicate that the most significant cause of indoor air quality related health problems in developed countries is the contaminants from the outside air. (rehva.eu)
  • Ambient air quality is three times more significant source of indoor air pollution than dampness, mould and water systems. (rehva.eu)
  • In 2010, a study published by the University of York found that in parts of the world with the worst air pollution (East Asia, the Middle East, and South Asia), poor air quality led to 2.7 million premature babies. (bewellbuzz.com)
  • There is an unending stream of well documented and proven linkages between poor air quality and serious health concerns, most dramatic of which is death. (bewellbuzz.com)
  • This is linked to both indoor and outdoor air quality issues, with the most deaths happening in Southeast Asia and Western Pacific nations. (bewellbuzz.com)
  • Air quality has been unequivocally linked to lung disease. (bewellbuzz.com)
  • It is highly recommended that future indoor air quality (IAQ) studies in GCC should focus more on epidemiologic and intervention studies. (degruyter.com)
  • Get a monitor and contributor to air quality data in your city. (iqair.com)
  • The latest air quality news and resources. (iqair.com)
  • Which country had the worst air quality in 2022? (iqair.com)
  • What is the air quality forecast for Slovakia? (iqair.com)
  • In early 2021, the Air Quality Index recorded a US AQI figure of 59 which classifies it as "Moderate", according to recommended levels by the World Health Organisation (WHO). (iqair.com)
  • The results of air monitoring show that in many areas, air quality in the Slovak Republic has improved since 2005. (iqair.com)
  • At present, there are 12 areas of air quality management, while originally there were up to 19. (iqair.com)
  • Nevertheless, most EU countries, including Slovakia, have long-term air quality problems, in particular as regards limit values for fine dust which is the so-called fine dust particles PM10 and PM2.5 and nitrogen oxides (NO x ), as well as the target value for benzo (a) pyrene. (iqair.com)
  • Contributors to poor air quality in Slovakia include power generation, the manufacturing industry, food processing, and vehicle emissions. (iqair.com)
  • The problem of air quality is obvious in rural areas. (iqair.com)
  • In many cases, these are villages situated in the heart of the countryside, away from industry and busy traffic arteries, have exceptionally good air quality outside the heating season.To address air quality problems, the Slovak Republic adopted a Strategy for the reduction of PM10 in 2013. (iqair.com)
  • Studies have shown that improved indoor air quality can raise the test scores of school children. (utexas.edu)
  • Reasonable changes in building design and operation to improve indoor environmental quality may have annual economic benefits (in terms of worker productivity) on the order of tens of billions of dollars in the U.S. (utexas.edu)
  • This workshop brought together the prominent medical doctors, health experts, air quality regulators and international scientists to discuss the latest Global Burden of Disease (GBD) report, prepared by a network of international health bodies. (cseindia.org)
  • The national air quality analysis shows that half of urban population breathes air with particulate levels that exceed the permissible limit and one third of the urban Indians live in critically polluted areas. (cseindia.org)
  • Dhaka city with a population density of around 20,000 per square kilometer faces the risk of large adverse health impacts due to poor air quality. (researchgate.net)
  • Household level of air pollution" is the created composite variable, from questions on the degradation factors of indoor air quality (domestic combustion processes) which served to characterize indoor air pollution and to measure its impact by a logistic regression. (bvsalud.org)
  • No high quality study of the effect of outdoor and indoor air pollution on pregnant women in Africa has so far been conducted. (lu.se)
  • Outdoor air pollution will be assessed by high quality modelling which combines measurements with Geographical Information System tools and aerial and topographical imaging. (lu.se)
  • Insufficient natural ventilation in older houses further elevates the indoor levels of the hazardous particles. (sciencedaily.com)
  • But agricultural activities such as animal husbandry and fertilizer use generate ammonia, which can be converted to fine particles in the air, he explained. (goodnightnaturals.com)
  • These are differing rating systems for air filters that give you an idea for how efficiently they filter particles from the air. (aprilaire.com)
  • Current estimates focus on deaths linked to fine particles, less than 2.5mm in diameter (PM2.5) have been estimated. (jonathanturley.org)
  • According to John Wargo, a Yale scientist, "the ability of very fine particles to enter indoor environments from outdoor burning is well documented. (gofundme.com)
  • In such conditions indoor smoke can exceed acceptable particle levels for small particles in outdoor air even 100-fold. (rehva.eu)
  • The review also explored the relative risk that followed short-term exposure to very small particles of air pollution versus notably larger particles. (msdmanuals.com)
  • In 2012, there were 14.1 million new cases and 8.2 million cancer-related deaths worldwide. (who.int)
  • In 2012, there were 4.3 million premature deaths from cancer worldwide, 75% of which were in low- and middle-income countries. (who.int)
  • Indoor Air Pollution Causes Around 4 Million Premature Deaths Worldwide per Year. (chem-tox-ecotox.org)
  • In general, it is calculated that all types of indoor air pollution are responsible for more than 3 million global premature deaths per year in 2020, including over 237,000 deaths of children under the age of 5. (chem-tox-ecotox.org)
  • WHO estimated that around 1.2 million premature deaths every year are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke of other people (passive smoke). (chem-tox-ecotox.org)
  • Indoor air pollution killed more than 3 million people in 2020. (chem-tox-ecotox.org)
  • An estimated 4.3 million people died in 2012 as a result of indoor air pollution, mostly from cooking inside with coal or wood stoves in developing countries, according to the report by the public health agency of the United Nations. (latimes.com)
  • An additional 3.7 million died from outdoor air pollution. (latimes.com)
  • Because of the overlap, the combined estimate for 2012 is about 7 million deaths. (latimes.com)
  • According to the 2017 Global Burden of Disease study, 3.4 million people died prematurely as a result of outdoor air pollution -more than 3 times the number who died from HIV/AIDS. (theglobaleducationproject.org)
  • Since I first addressed this Committee, deaths from AIDS dropped from 1.6 million in 2007 to 800,000 last year. (who.int)
  • The annual death toll from outdoor air pollution could double to 6.6 million globally by 2050 without new antipollution measures, a new study suggests. (goodnightnaturals.com)
  • WHO estimates indoor air pollution accounts for an additional 3.5 million. (goodnightnaturals.com)
  • Overall, the researchers concluded that, in 2010, 3.3 million people died prematurely from outdoor PM2.5 and ozone pollution. (goodnightnaturals.com)
  • But the more troubling finding, the researchers say, is that the annual death toll would rise to 6.6 million by 2050 without new controls. (goodnightnaturals.com)
  • The deadliest outdoor pollution source-accounting for 31%, or about 1 million, of premature deaths in 2010-is residential energy use, such as furnaces. (goodnightnaturals.com)
  • Indoor air pollution causes an estimated 4.3 million premature deaths each year. (aprilaire.com)
  • The annual age-specific asthma death rate increased 118% (from 1.7 to 3.7 per million population). (cdc.gov)
  • Although the death rate among children aged 0-4 years increased slightly during 1980-1993 (from 1.8 to 1.9 per million population), the rate in 1993 had decreased from that in 1992 (2.4 per million population). (cdc.gov)
  • Among children aged 5-14 years, the asthma death rate nearly doubled from 1980 to 1993 (from 1.7 to 3.2 per million population). (cdc.gov)
  • Among persons aged 15-24 years, the asthma death rate doubled from 1980 to 1993 (from 2.5 to 5.2 per million population). (cdc.gov)
  • Air pollution has become a major challenge to global public health, potentially leading to as many as 6.5 million premature deaths worldwide, according to a study published by The Lancet in October 2017. (veolia.com)
  • Today, as many as 6.5 million premature deaths worldwide. (veolia.com)
  • 3 million could be caused by indoor air pollution. (veolia.com)
  • f the 7.5 million air pollution-related deaths in 2040, 3 million could be caused by indoor air pollution. (veolia.com)
  • GENEVA (AFP) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday announced its first-ever guidelines for indoor air pollution related to cooking, heating and lighting, a problem estimated to kill more than four million people per year. (straitstimes.com)
  • The smoke from these fires contributes to over 4 million avoidable deaths annually, with women and young children the most affected. (nih.gov)
  • A new study has raised the disturbing question of whether we are substantially under-estiminating the annual death toll from air pollution, which currently stands at around 3.4 million a year. (jonathanturley.org)
  • The 3.4 million deaths found by the Global Burden of Disease study from the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington in Seattle was an increase from 3 million in 1990. (jonathanturley.org)
  • When you add indoor pollution, the number rises to seven million a year according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). (jonathanturley.org)
  • With an estimated 55 million people living with dementia worldwide at a global cost of roughly $1.3 trillion, reducing air pollution will result in substantially reduced societal and financial burdens, whilst also reducing the pressure on health and social care sectors. (durham.ac.uk)
  • Globally some seven million people a year die prematurely due to indoor and outdoor pollution with about 70 per cent of those deaths in the Asia Pacific. (voanews.com)
  • Over one million child deaths per year are attributed to indoor air pollution. (ehproject.org)
  • Almost 1.8 million people died from lung cancer in 2020, almost double the number of cancer deaths caused by the second most common cause of cancer death, colorectal cancer. (who.int)
  • In response to the United Nations' Millennium Development Goal (MDGs) which called, through MDG4,to "reduceby two thirds the under-5 child mortality, between 1990 and 2015", global organizations and many countries set targets and developed specific strategies to reduce child mortality and monitor progress.As a result, the number of deaths in children under-5 worldwide declined from 12.4 million in 1990 to 6.6 in 2012. (bvsalud.org)
  • In 2010 about 20 million children worldwide were estimated to suffer from severe acute malnutrition, leaving them more vulnerable to serious illness and early death. (bvsalud.org)
  • In the Sept. 27 issue of Neurology, the researchers note that stroke accounts for roughly 5 million deaths worldwide every year. (msdmanuals.com)
  • malaria deaths halved, while more than 20 million people living with HIV gain. (bvsalud.org)
  • Very few of the households using solid fuels in Andhra Pradesh use improved biomass cookstoves with more efficient, cleaner burning and less pollution. (copenhagenconsensus.com)
  • The evidence signals the need for concerted action to clean up the air we all breathe," Neira said. (latimes.com)
  • Housing, which we look to for protection from outdoor air pollution, needs to be able to rely on innovations in the "monitoring" of buildings, at the risk of allowing indoor pollution to make the air unfit to breathe. (veolia.com)
  • Therefore, Halton Foundation aims to promote initiatives that are protecting people's health by providing them cleaner air to breathe in indoor spaces for example by developing better ways of purifying the air coming from outside. (rehva.eu)
  • This incorporated satellite data, ground-level monitoring measurements and data on pollution emissions from key sources, as well as modeling of how pollution drifts in the air. (who.int)
  • Researchers suggest that indoor air pollution should concentrate on the use of solid fuels for cooking and heating in poorly ventilated kitchens, the passive smoking indoors, and multiple emissions of toxic chemical substances, such as Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), CO, HCHO, ozone, nitrogen oxides (NOx), etc. (chem-tox-ecotox.org)
  • Yet, most of our research on air pollution focuses on smog, which is produced by emissions from industry and motor vehicles. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • The law gave the EPA the authority to control vehicle tailpipe emissions and fuel additives, and to require new power plants and industrial facilities to use the best available pollution-control technology. (nybooks.com)
  • Nearly half a century after the Clean Air Act instituted the world's most stringent emissions controls, the problem of air pollution is far from being solved in the US or anywhere else. (nybooks.com)
  • And studies have shown those emissions lead to nearly 2,000 premature deaths each in New York State. (weact.org)
  • The main causes of current air pollution are mainly emissions from transport, as well as high background concentrations. (iqair.com)
  • In Europe alone, some 500,000 people die prematurely as a result of air pollution every year without even considering N02. (jonathanturley.org)
  • The United Nations says the rising level of air borne pollution in Asia is extracting greater social and economic costs leading to millions of people dying prematurely each year. (voanews.com)
  • There are a number of efforts-mainly out of Europe-that offers a view into how a lifetime of breathing in dirtier air can make people more susceptible to the coronavirus, which has already killed more than 10,000 people in the U.S. and 74,000 worldwide-as of April 4, 2020. (eponline.com)
  • The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced that a toxic air alert has been issued for London after 'very high' pollution levels. (cnn.com)
  • Reducing pollution levels could save millions of lives, according to the agency. (latimes.com)
  • Using a computer model that fused air pollution and atmospheric chemistry data, they estimated what annual average levels of ozone (a key smog ingredient) and fine particulates smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) were in 2010 within 100-km-by-100-km grid squares across the world. (goodnightnaturals.com)
  • He said the findings were especially important for hospitals in poor neighborhoods and communities of color-which tend to be exposed to higher levels of air pollution than affluent, white communities. (eponline.com)
  • It seems to me that, whatever we decided about the acceptable levels of pollution, we should be unified in our demand for more accurate and holistic figures of the estimated cost in health and fatalities. (jonathanturley.org)
  • There is mounting evidence that early-life exposure to high levels of air pollution is strongly associated with poor brain health, cognitive decline, and dementia throughout the life course. (durham.ac.uk)
  • Today, 91 percent of people worldwide live in areas where air pollution levels exceed the World Health Organization's recommended limits. (nybooks.com)
  • The organisation provides free, clean-burning, highly fuel-efficient cook stoves to families living in the Himalayas who now cook with traditional, rudimentary stoves over open fire pits inside their homes, consuming excessive amounts of precious fuel and polluting the indoor air to dangerously unhealthy levels. (rehva.eu)
  • In areas of the world with the highest levels of air pollution, people are experiencing an increased number of heart disease and stroke. (bewellbuzz.com)
  • There is strong evidence linking increased risk of cancer (both lung and other) to high levels of air pollution. (bewellbuzz.com)
  • Measured ventilation levels and indoor air velocities in most buildings failed to meet the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) threshold limits of 8 L/s/p and 0.18-0.25 m/s, respectively. (degruyter.com)
  • The mortality and morbidity rates of patients with Asthma and Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) usually increase due to elevated levels of air pollution. (researchgate.net)
  • Only two of 15 area air samples contained detectable levels of EtO. (cdc.gov)
  • Satellite images indicate detrimental levels, but monitoring and high resolution outdoor air pollution modelling is lacking. (lu.se)
  • Depending on the specific nature of the pollutant in question, stroke risk rose anywhere from 5% to 28% within less than a week after first being exposed to high levels of air pollution. (msdmanuals.com)
  • His advice: If and when air pollution levels rise, such patients should reduce the amount of time they spend outdoors. (msdmanuals.com)
  • HEPA stands for High-Efficiency Particulate Air Filter and is a rating measurement used for portable or room air purifiers . (aprilaire.com)
  • In New Delhi, the world's sixth most polluted metropolitan area, protests are on the increase too, and the market for masks and indoor air purifiers is booming among the city's middle and upper classes. (veolia.com)
  • According to British Lung Foundation indoor air pollution is connected with toxic gases, various oxidative dusts, volatile organic (VOCs) and inorganic chemicals in the indoor air of buildings. (chem-tox-ecotox.org)
  • Last year the WHO's cancer research arm declared air pollution a human carcinogen, saying it increases the risk of lung and bladder cancer. (latimes.com)
  • According to the American Lung Association , exposure to nitrogen dioxide can cause respiratory issues and has been linked to asthma, cardiovascular issues, lower birth weights, and premature death. (weact.org)
  • And, lung cancer accounts for more deaths every year than any other cancer and more than breast, prostate, and colon cancer combined. (lcfamerica.org)
  • Other known causes of lung cancer include exposure to secondhand smoke, air pollution, radon , and asbestos. (lcfamerica.org)
  • During the past 39 years, the lung cancer death rate has fallen 29% among men while increasing 102% among women . (lcfamerica.org)
  • Sadly, federal funding for lung cancer research per related death is expected to be just $3,580 compared to $19,050 for breast cancer, $8,116 for prostate cancer, and $6,371 for colon cancer in 2022. (lcfamerica.org)
  • It's estimated that more than 61,000 American women will die of lung cancer in 2022 - that's 167 women each day , or about 7 per hour (or one death every 7 minutes ). (lcfamerica.org)
  • every year, approximately 7,330 lung cancer deaths are due to secondhand smoke exposure . (lcfamerica.org)
  • Radon causes about 21,000 lung cancer deaths each year, making it the second leading cause of lung cancer death . (lcfamerica.org)
  • An estimated 23% of lung cancer deaths worldwide are caused by indoor or outdoor air pollution. (lcfamerica.org)
  • Scientists estimate at least 4% of lung cancer deaths can be prevented through radon testing services. (chestercountytnhomes.com)
  • However, lung cancer has been and remains the most common cause of cancer death globally. (who.int)
  • Even if you're sure your home is clean and well-kept, a radon testing session can mean the difference between life or death. (chestercountytnhomes.com)
  • Other common causes include exposure to outdoor and indoor air pollution, diesel engine exhaust, welding fumes, and asbestos. (who.int)
  • May 12, 2021 Coal combustion by power plants and industry pollutes the air, causing many governments to implement mitigation actions and encourage cleaner forms of energy. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Mar. 2, 2021 If you're looking for an indoor space with a low level of particulate air pollution, a commercial airliner flying at cruising altitude may be your best option. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Reducing air pollution could save millions of lives. (who.int)
  • It was determined that continued environmental reforms were likely to have a large effect on reducing industrial pollution. (wikipedia.org)
  • These include reducing air pollution, improving access to clean water and sanitation, protecting pregnant women from secondhand smoke and building safer environments in order to reduce accidents and injuries. (cnn.com)
  • Here's what you need to know-and some tips on reducing exposure to pollution. (eponline.com)
  • Faced with the environmental and climate crisis, we take concrete action to protect the planet by reducing all types of pollution. (veolia.com)
  • Ensuring cleaner air in and around the home is fundamental to reducing the burden of disease from air pollution, especially in low- and middle-income countries," said Dr Maria Neira, WHO director for public health, environmental and social determinants of health. (straitstimes.com)
  • Reducing pollution and adapting to climate change can significantly reduce the number of cases of cardiovascular disease and resulting deaths. (europa.eu)
  • Reducing the Asian pollution is very important. (voanews.com)
  • It is the objective of the Halton Foundation to positively affect this development and support initiatives aiming at reducing the health problems and deaths caused by the cooking process. (rehva.eu)
  • In order to continue the progress in reducing under-5 child mortality worldwide, current efforts must continue and new strategies need to be implemented to focus on preventing neonatal deaths as they start to represent a larger proportion of under-5 child deaths. (bvsalud.org)
  • Nitrogen dioxide is a harmful air pollutant produced from burning methane, which is the primary ingredient of the gas used in stoves. (weact.org)
  • The associated stroke risk depends on the pollution, as some are more harmful than others," explained study author Dr. Ahmad Toubasi , a doctoral student and researcher in the faculty of medicine at the University of Jordan in Amman. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The higher mortality estimates are the result of new research showing a stronger link between exposure to polluted air and cardiovascular disease, cancer and respiratory illness, the WHO said. (latimes.com)
  • Agriculture is the leading source of outdoor pollution-related premature mortality in the eastern United States, Europe, and in countries such as Russia, Japan, and Turkey, the researchers found. (goodnightnaturals.com)
  • Some of the scariest statistics are about the global mortality rates associated with air pollution. (bewellbuzz.com)
  • However, two major challenges face the international community: The wide disparity in the risk of child death among countries, and the emerging role of neonatal death as a major component of child mortality. (bvsalud.org)
  • Because of the biologic and social vulnerability of children under 5 years of age and because childhood mortality rates decrease dramatically after the age of 5, "Childhood Death" is typically defined among the global public health community as death of persons younger than 5 years of age 2 . (bvsalud.org)
  • The leading causes of death in under-five children are pneumonia, preterm birth complications, diarrhea, birth asphyxia and malaria. (bvsalud.org)
  • Malnourished children, particularly those with severe acute malnutrition, have a higher risk of death from common childhood illness such as diarrhea, pneumonia, and malaria. (bvsalud.org)
  • Indoor air pollution can pose a serious health threat. (cdc.gov)
  • In order to undertake proper actions to mitigate the impact of air pollution on health, the ministries of health in the Region will need to assume the roles of stewarding broker and interlocutor in partnership with those sectors within their respective governments. (who.int)
  • Various forms of pollution have increased as China has industrialised, which has caused widespread environmental health problems. (wikipedia.org)
  • Despite all these studies, indoor air pollution has been mostly invisible to science, and to special measures of health protection policies have been postponed for decades. (chem-tox-ecotox.org)
  • Both indoor and outdoor air pollution have an important effect on the health and development of children, and not just in the stereotypical 'polluted cities' context but also for very poor rural families who cook indoors," said Joy Lawn, professor of maternal reproductive and child health epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. (cnn.com)
  • The risks from air pollution are now far greater than previously thought or understood, particularly for heart disease and strokes," said Maria Neira, the agency's public health and environment director. (latimes.com)
  • The study marks a solid step toward clarifying exactly how major sources of air pollution contribute to premature death around the world, says Aaron Cohen, an epidemiologist at the Health Effects Institute, a nonprofit research organization in Boston, who wasn't involved in the study. (goodnightnaturals.com)
  • Reported by: Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Br, Div of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC. (cdc.gov)
  • Expenditures on air purification and costs spent on the related health issues are rapidly increasing. (mdpi.com)
  • Geneva, 26 May 2015 (PAHO/WHO) -- The 68th World Health Assembly closed today after approving three new resolutions: one on air pollution, one on epilepsy and one laying out the next steps in finalizing a framework of engagement with non-State actors. (paho.org)
  • The resolution highlights the key role national health authorities need to play in raising awareness about the potential to save lives and reduce health costs, if air pollution is addressed effectively. (paho.org)
  • It also stresses the need for strong cooperation between different sectors and integration of health concerns into all national, regional and local air pollution-related policies. (paho.org)
  • and advance research into air pollution's health effects and effectiveness. (paho.org)
  • Professor Brian Castellani from our Department of Sociology is the Director of InSPIRE, a research consortium focused on the links between air pollution and brain health. (durham.ac.uk)
  • As a consortium of more than 24 UK-based researchers, at InSPIRE we sought to develop the first policy agenda for mitigating air pollution's impact on brain health and dementia. (durham.ac.uk)
  • The result is a global health emergency, as three new books-Fuller's The Invisible Killer , Beth Gardiner's Choked , and Tim Smedley's Clearing the Air -reveal in sobering detail. (nybooks.com)
  • From forest fires with their smoky haze over South East Asia, to China's smog-filled mega cites, to rural homes in South Asia choked by inefficient stoves, scientists say in Asia there are rising health and social costs from air borne particle pollution. (voanews.com)
  • Kalpana Balakrishnan, director of the WHO's Collaborating Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, says this indoor pollution is a major contributor to health problems that compares to the pollution faced by urban communities with traffic borne smog. (voanews.com)
  • In honor of National Public Health Week, we want to call attention to the dangers of indoor air pollution. (weact.org)
  • It poses a significant health risk, especially in communities which are already overburdened with outdoor air pollution. (weact.org)
  • The project is on School Indoor Environment & Ventilation Control Strategies for Children's Health & Wellbeing and will involve investigating indoor environmental conditions and developing control strategies to mitigate the level of contaminations for the classrooms located in urban areas in order to improve health and wellbeing for school children. (rehva.eu)
  • Health problems caused by indoor air pollution will also hold back economic development, thus creating a vicious cycle of poverty. (rehva.eu)
  • The statistics around health problems related to air issues are staggering. (bewellbuzz.com)
  • How exactly does air pollution affect human health? (bewellbuzz.com)
  • Commonly reported plausible health effects potentially associated with indoor air pollution were related to respiratory symptoms and sick building syndrome (SBS). (degruyter.com)
  • Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) organised a dialogue workshop on 'Burden of Disease: Air Pollution among top killers' at New Delhi on February 13, 2013 in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research and Health Effects Institute, Boston US. (cseindia.org)
  • Aaron Cohen, principal scientist of the Health Effects Institute and chair of the Air Pollution Group of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation for Global Burden of Disease released the findings of the study. (cseindia.org)
  • We will investigate consequences of air pollution in a prospective cohort of women recruited during pregnancy at public health facilities in Ethiopia. (lu.se)
  • Clean air is recognized as a basic requirement for human health and well-being, alongside access to clean water and sanitation. (medscape.com)
  • Under-5 childhood death (U5CD) rates are also commonly used as indicators to assess the health of a general population. (bvsalud.org)
  • A number of worker populations may be particularly vulnerable to threats from climate change, such as outdoor workers, emergency responders, commercial fishermen, health care workers, fire fighters, farmers, certain indoor workers, and transportation and utility workers. (cdc.gov)
  • People with cardiovascular risk factors should be especially aware of the risks of air pollution, even on a short-term basis, as indicated in this study," said Dr. Jesus Araujo , a professor of medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and a professor of environmental health sciences with UCLA's Fielding School of Public Health. (msdmanuals.com)
  • While assessments of the broad range of interventions find indoor air pollution is reduced, there is less evidence on how these affect health outcomes and which interventions are most cost-effective. (bvsalud.org)
  • The report stated that "hundreds of thousands of premature deaths and incidents of serious respiratory illness have been caused by exposure to industrial air pollution. (wikipedia.org)
  • In a 2007 article about China's pollution problem, The New York Times stated that "Environmental degradation is now so severe, with such stark domestic and international repercussions, that pollution poses not only a major long-term burden on the Chinese public but also an acute political challenge to the ruling Communist Party. (wikipedia.org)
  • In addition to highlighting the burden borne by young children, the new reports suggest ways in which risk factors - and therefore death rates - can be reduced. (cnn.com)
  • Conclusion to part IV: The pollution burden has diminished -- PART V: TOMORROW'S PROBLEMS: Our chemical fears -- Biodiversity -- Global warming -- PART VI: THE REAL STATE OF THE WORLD: Predicament or progress? (epa.gov)
  • These stoves emit large indoor air pollution, contributing to 165,000 premature deaths. (worldbank.org)
  • The developing world gets a "double whammy" of outdoor air pollution from vehicles and industrialization and indoor pollution from the continued use of wood, charcoal, dung and biomass-burning cook stoves, said John Balmes, a professor of medicine at UC San Francisco and member of the California Air Resources Board. (latimes.com)
  • Homes that use gas stoves expose themselves to unsafe amounts of indoor air pollution. (weact.org)
  • One new report highlights that the most common causes of child death are preventable through interventions already available to the communities most affected. (cnn.com)
  • More than half of these early child deaths are due to conditions that could be prevented or treated with access to simple, affordable interventions. (bvsalud.org)
  • In an Indoor Air study conducted in a suburb of the city of Kuopio, Finland, relatively short-lasting wood and candle burning of a few hours increased residents' daily exposure to potentially hazardous particulate air pollution. (sciencedaily.com)
  • But policymakers seeking to reduce the death toll will need to clamp down on a wide array of potentially hard to control pollution sources-including household furnaces and agricultural activities-that are expected to play a growing role, researchers report today in Nature. (goodnightnaturals.com)
  • Air concentrations of PM2.5 from the use of solid biomass cooking fuels often reach several hundred micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m3) in the kitchen, and well over one hundred micrograms in the living and sleeping environments. (copenhagenconsensus.com)
  • traffic pollution accounts for 7% to PM10 and 11% to PM2.5. (researchgate.net)
  • Annual grants are awarded to non-profit organisations, research programs or initiatives promoting the wellbeing of people in indoor environments. (rehva.eu)
  • In addition, the influence of ventilation conditions due to different indoor environments was also investigated. (degruyter.com)
  • Researchers and policymakers are only now waking up to the adverse effects of polluted indoor air in low-income and marginalized communities are most exposed by cooking and heating inside their houses with poor ventilation. (chem-tox-ecotox.org)
  • Burning fuels such as unprocessed coal or kerosene indoors is the primary cause of such pollution, with poorer countries especially hard hit due to a lack of affordable alternatives, it said. (straitstimes.com)
  • According to some estimates, only 5% of global resources for cancer prevention and control are spent in low- and middle-income countries, despite the majority of preventable deaths occurring in these countries. (who.int)
  • Age, indoor air pollution, and incomplete vaccinations were risk factors and differed from those in industrialized countries. (cdc.gov)
  • The global body also highlighted the increased risk of heart disease, stroke and cancer from exposure to air pollution. (cnn.com)
  • The reports further list ways in which these risk factors can be removed to prevent disease and death. (cnn.com)
  • Existing estimates have been hampered by gaps in air pollution data, particularly in the developing world, and a lack of knowledge about how specific air pollution sources contribute to the risk of disease and death. (goodnightnaturals.com)
  • And the risk does not concern outdoor air alone. (veolia.com)
  • Indoor air pollution was a major risk factor that was estimated to have led to 29% of pneumonia deaths in 2017. (medgadget.com)
  • environmental risk factors like exposure to air pollution, noise and chemicals in the environment and the workplace, second-hand smoke, some infectious agents, thermal stress, and limited accessibility to settings that facilitate physical activity like green spaces. (europa.eu)
  • In poorer regions, where homes use indoor fires for heat and food preparation, women are especially susceptible to increased risk of heart disease because they tend to have prolonged exposure to harsh fumes. (bewellbuzz.com)
  • A poorly function air conditioning system can also exacerbate an already at-risk home and put you and your family at risk for chronic headaches, breathing difficulties and unexplained fatigue. (chestercountytnhomes.com)
  • Indoor air pollution from solid fuels and risk of low birth weight and stillbirth: report from a symposium held at the Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE), September 2005, Johannesburg. (who.int)
  • The team also pinpointed a notable increase in the risk of dying from a stroke within a week following air pollution exposure. (msdmanuals.com)
  • By contrast, PM10 exposure appeared to trigger a 14% rise in stroke risk and a 2% increase in stroke death. (msdmanuals.com)
  • As to why air pollution raises stroke risk in the first place, Toubasi pointed to a number of ways in which pollution harms the body. (msdmanuals.com)