What would you think if i
tell you that the leading cause of preventable death in the world is
not smoking or obesity? That's the truth, the leading cause in
preventable death is pollution, that's what this article published by
The independent contains.
The article tells us that
air pollution caused the death of seven million persons in 2012, it
was the cause of one in eight global deaths which confirmed it as the
biggest environmental health risk. Constant exposure to pollution
lead to strokes, hearth diseases, cancer and respiratory illness .
Risks are higher in big cities, in these ones pollution is as
dangerous indoors as outdoors.
It should be said that
poorest areas are more affected by air pollution because of two
factors, the first one is that they often use wood and coal to warm
up, the second factor is that they usually live near factory’s
which are constantly polluting the environment.
A reduction of polluting
emissions has been attempted. Despite countries as Britain have
failed in fulfilling their air targets, other countries as Russia say
that they have improved considerably the air quality
I have chosen this
article because I think everyone should be concerned about the
environment issue, it's about our future.
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