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Around 2.2 Million Deaths in a Year in India and China From Air Pollution (cnbc.com)

Posted by msmash on from the polluted-air dept.

India is on the verge of overtaking China as the country with the most deaths caused by air pollution, the world's biggest environmental killer, according to research published on Tuesday. From a report: The State of Global Air 2017 report states that extensive, long-term exposure to fine particulate matter contributed to more than four million premature deaths in 2015. The report is a joint effort between the Health Effects Institute and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evalution's Global Burden of Disease Project. "We are seeing increasing air pollution problems worldwide," Dan Greenbaum, president of the Health Effects Institute, said in a statement. "The trends we report show that we have seen progress in some parts of the world -- but serious challenges remain," Greenbaum went on to add. The report's analysis showed that India -- with extra exposure and its aging population -- now competes with China in terms of air pollution health burdens. Both countries saw around 1.1 million early deaths due to air pollution in 2015.

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  1. An extraordinary figure... by bazmail · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... but what kind of doctor will attribute a particular death to air pollution? There is no question that air quality is very poor and heavy industry shits on people in certain areas but pulling a hard number like that out of it is odd.

  2. How many lives are saved by air pollution by goombah99 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Presumably the air pollution is coming from some activities that raise living standards to afford clean water, public hospitals, health insurance, and reduced crime. Can we have a figure on how many lives are saved by air pollution as well?

    Yes in an ideal world we can have both so it's important to recognize air pollution is more than an eyesore.

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    Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
    1. Re:How many lives are saved by air pollution by Rockoon · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Here's a hint: The pollution can be reduced, easily, simply, and yet too many industrial hacks will act as if that will be the DOOM of all mankind as it drags us back to the Neolithic.

      We are talking about India and China. Billions of people uplifted by coal.

      The bottleneck to first world living for the people in these countries right now is the rate at which they can expand their energy production. You are a spoiled 1st world dipshit that has no clue.

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      "His name was James Damore."
  3. Re:But let's dig more coal to burn, right? by XXongo · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well just so you know the problem here isn't coal, ...

    Right. The problems in India are
    1. Construction dust
    2. Vehicular emissions,
    3. burning fields after harvest.

    http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/delhi-chokes-on-smoke-from-neighbouring-states/story-zAkXkflle5MoUXLNYfZa0H.html