WHO: Dirty Air a Regular Killer in Asia
AP - A smoky haze that shrouded parts of Southeast Asia this month, forcing schools and businesses to close, is just one element of an air pollution problem that kills hundreds of thousands of people in the region annually, the World Health Organization said.
Ref. https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...asia_deadly_air
I hate to see pollution starting to pop up in places all over the world. L.A. California has seen its share of hazing phog that can kill. I heard about this early on, a friend of mine is vacationing in southeast Asia and he had to wear a gas mask at one point on his stop over. Air pollution is one of those things that could have been prevented if we would simply change the way we treat our environment. But we continue to make more and more cars that are not environment friendly like their is no tomorrow. Eventually, if we don't stop, its not going to be just L.A. and southeast Asia, its going to be everywhere there is a major city in the world.
How Air Pollution Affects Kids
The people who breathe the nation's most unhealthy factory air worry about more than just asthma and other respiratory problems. They also want to know if their daily dose of toxic pollution is slowing the academic and physical development of their children.
Ref. https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051215/ap_on_...e/unhealthy_air
I wonder if this will be a reason for Blacks to demand urban housing?
Household air pollution linked to higher risk of heart attacks, early death
Long-term exposure to household air pollution from lighting, cooking or heating with fuels such as kerosene or diesel may increase the risk of heart attacks and death. Burning cleaner fuels, such as natural gas, was associated with a lower risk of death, say experts. One-half the world's population lives in poverty and burns fuels for lighting, cooking and heating. Ref. Source 3p.
Breathing dirty air may harm kidneys. Outdoor air pollution may increase the risk of chronic kidney disease and contribute to kidney failure, say researchers. Scientists culled national VA databases to evaluate the effects of air pollution and kidney disease on nearly 2.5 million people over a period of 8.5 years, beginning in 2004. The scientists compared VA data on kidney function to air-quality levels collected by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as well as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Source 4v.