The study titled 'State of Global Air 2019' reported that the life on average of a South Asian child growing up in current high levels of air pollution will be shortened by two years and six months.
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Standard : Exposure to outdoor and indoor air pollution
contributed to over 1.2 million deaths in India in 2017, a new global
study said on Wednesday.
The
study titled "State of Global Air 2019" reported that the
life on average of a South Asian child growing up in current high
levels of air pollution will be shortened by two years and six
months, while the global life expectancy loss is 20 months.
At
the same time, the study noted, India has initiated major steps to
address pollution sources like the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana,
accelerated Bharat Stage VI clean vehicle standards and the new
National Clean Air Programme.
"These
and future initiatives have the potential, if fully implemented as
part of a sustained commitment to air quality, to result in
significant health benefits in coming years," Health Effects
Institute Vice President Robert O'Keefe said in a statement to IANS.
The
Health
Effects Institute is an independent, non-profit research
institute funded jointly by the US Environmental Protection Agency,
industry, foundations and development banks.
Worldwide,
air pollution is responsible for more deaths than many better-known
risk factors such as malnutrition, alcohol use and physical
inactivity, according to the annual report.
In
India, air
pollution is the third highest cause of death among all health
risks, ranking just above smoking. Every year, more people globally
die from air pollution related diseases than from road traffic
injuries or malaria.
Overall,
long-term exposure to outdoor and indoor air pollution contributed to
nearly five million deaths from stroke, diabetes, heart attack, lung
cancer and chronic lung disease in 2017.
Out
of these, three million deaths are directly attributed to PM2.5, half
of which are generated from India and China together.
South
Asia -- Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan -- is the most polluted
region, with over 1.5 million air-pollution related deaths.
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