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CANADA: Cleaner air worldwide would save 2million lives a year, a new study has found.”We were surprised to find the importance of cleaning air not just in the dirtiest parts of the world – which we expected to find – but also in cleaner environments like the US, Canada and Europe,” co-author Julian Marshall of the University of Minnesota said in the study published by Environmental Science & Technology.
His team found that areas with dirtier air such as China, India and Russia could save up to 1.4million lives by meeting World Health Organisation pollution targets. In addition, hitting the targets in less-polluted regions could reduce premature deaths from pollution by more than half a million a year.
Pollution – especially by tiny particulate matter that can find its way deep into lungs – is to blame for 3.2million preventable deaths every year, according to the World Health Organisation.
Lead author Joshua Apte of the University of Texas focused on suspended particles smaller than 2.5 microns, which can play a role in heart disease, stroke, and lung ailments.
