Pollution from man-made emissions and other sources like wildfires have been linked to around 135 million premature deaths worldwide between 1980 and 2020, a Singapore university said Monday.
Pedestrians walk on an overpass as traffic snarls amid haze from air pollution in Beijing on November 1, 2023. China's air pollution worsened in 2023, the first time it has done so in a decade, a study released on December 22, 2023 said. P)SINGAPORE, Singapore —
The fine particulate matter "was associated with approximately 135 million premature deaths globally" from 1980 to 2020, the university said in a statement on the study, published in the journal Environment International. The study is one of the most expansive to date on air quality and climate, using 40 years of data to give a big-picture view of the effects of particulate matter on health.
"This highlights the need to understand and account for these climate patterns when tackling air pollution to protect the health of the global population." Information on weather patterns during the period was taken from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. It might have been the longest wait but on Saturday 100-year-old American World War II veteran Harold Terens married his 96-year-old...
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