World Health Assembly tackles air pollution

S Lough - 2015 - Can Med Assoc
E306 CMAJ, July 14, 2015, 187 (10) favour of alternative sources, such as nuclear power
and natural gas. Recently, China “declared war” on air pollution, and in India, Prime Minister …

The global burden of disease from air pollution

M Brauer - 2016 AAAS Annual Meeting (February 11-15, 2016), 2016 - aaas.confex.com
Air pollution is a major global health concern, with substantial impacts in high, middle and
low income countries throughout the world. More than 85% of the world's population lives in …

[PDF][PDF] Consequences of Air Pollution on Health: Time to Act Now!!

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The access of a person/community to clean air and water is a basic human right. However,
rapid industrialization coupled with human greed has made our waters polluted and air …

Delhi in a chokehold: air pollution as a public health emergency

JS McHardy, K Aneja, MM Ciną… - Health Affairs Forefront, 2020 - healthaffairs.org
Delhi is in pollution's ever tightening chokehold, causing catastrophic health harms. India
ranks as the second most populated country in the world, and the first in air pollution. Of the …

[HTML][HTML] News on air pollution and health data and impacts on health from the World Health Organization

S Gumy, P Mudu - Clean Air Journal, 2018 - scielo.org.za
In the recent months, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched important news
related to air pollution and health. The first is the new global data on exposure and burden of …

[HTML][HTML] Health and economic impact of air pollution in the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

A Pandey, M Brauer, ML Cropper… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background The association of air pollution with multiple adverse health outcomes is
becoming well established, but its negative economic impact is less well appreciated. It is …

[HTML][HTML] The Bad Science Choking India

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[HTML][HTML] India's economic growth and disease burden in relation to air pollution

B Tyagi - The Lancet Regional Health-Southeast Asia, 2022 - thelancet.com
Air pollution severely impacts health and the environment globally. With a significant
increase in air pollution concentrations, its role in disease burden is far more critical in the …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of air pollution on deaths, disease burden, and life expectancy across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

K Balakrishnan, S Dey, T Gupta… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Air pollution is a major planetary health risk, with India estimated to have some
of the worst levels globally. To inform action at subnational levels in India, we estimated the …

[HTML][HTML] Breathing hard amidst air pollution

TLRHS Asia - The Lancet Regional Health-Southeast Asia, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Air pollution causes cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, leading to more than 6.5
million deaths every year worldwide. In November 2023, the air quality index (AQI)—which …