Environmental pollution kills more people than AIDS and tuberculosis

Environmental pollution kills more people than AIDS and tuberculosis

Chapman University recently published the results of a poll in which one of the greatest fears of the American community — the pollution of the environment. And, it seems that there is a good reason.

Pollution of air, water and soil in 2015, has led to the premature death of 9.19 million people worldwide, says NPR, citing a report in The Lancet, one of the most respected medical journals — published in the Thursday.

Environmental pollution kills more people than AIDS and tuberculosis

The causes of death are very different — cancer, lung disease and heart. But, according to the report, all related to environmental pollution. Studies have shown that environmental problems can also lead to potentially dangerous illnesses, such as asthma, cancer, disorders of the nervous system, stroke, various congenital diseases in children.

Moreover, according to studies, the pollution of the environment killed nearly three times more people than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis (estimated from these diseases in 2015, died of 3.04 million people).

Anyway environmental problems affect all countries, but 92% of all deaths still occurs in countries with low or middle income.

«The situation with pollution in rapidly developing countries is getting worse and worse, and she wasn’t paying proper attention,» says Dr. Philip Landrigan, a pediatrician and Professor of environmental medicine and global health at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. «The industry in such countries is developing quickly, but the institutions of protection behind,» he says.

For the solution of environmental problems Dr. Landrigan offers to create the world the Supervisory Board to monitor progress in the fight against pollution. In addition, experts from developed countries can provide technical Advisory assistance to poor countries to develop action plans in the areas of health and pollution control.

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