World Health Organization releases new global air pollution data
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Nine out of ten people worldwide breathe polluted air, but more countries are taking action.
By CCAC secretariat, 2 May 2018
Air pollution levels remain dangerously high in many parts of the world. New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) released today, shows that nine out of ten people breathe air containing high levels of pollutants. Updated estimations reveal an alarming death toll of 7 million people every year caused by ambient (outdoor) and household air pollution.
'Air pollution threatens us all, but the poorest and most marginalized people bear the brunt of the burden,’ says Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO. ‘It is unacceptable that over three billion people – most of them women and children – are still breathing deadly smoke every day from using polluting stoves and fuels in their homes. If we don’t take urgent action on air pollution, we will never come close to achieving sustainable development.’
'It is unacceptable that over three billion ...
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