#AIR_POLLUTION_NEWS | #EVERGREEN? WE THINK NOT !
#Air_Pollution likely cause of up to 6m #Premature_Births, study finds..
#Global_Analysis of indoor and outdoor pollution also finds #Link to #LOW_BIRTH #WEIGHT
Air pollution is likely to have been #responsible for up to 6 #million #premature_births and 3 million #underweight_babies worldwide every year, research shows.
By #minimising air pollution in south-east #Asia and sub-Saharan #Africa, the study #calculated that the number of premature births and babies with low birth weight COULD be #REDUCED by #almost 78% globally. The analysis, which combines the results of multiple scientific studies, is the first to calculate the total global burden of outdoor and indoor air pollution combined.
Air pollution is usually measured according to exposure to particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns: once inhaled, the minuscule size of these particles allows them to be absorbed deep into the bloodstream, potentially causing far-reaching health problems.
More than 92% of the global population lives in areas where the outdoor air quality is below recommended limits set by the World Health Organization, and about 49% are exposed to equally high levels of indoor air pollution.
Regions such as south and east Asia are the most polluted, with #Bangladesh, #China, #India and #Pakistan home to 49 of the 50 of the most #polluted_cities worldwide. In recent years #wildfires, #agricultural fires and #dust_storms have also caused #extensive air pollution.
The cost of air pollution to the global economy is estimated at #more_than $2.9tn each year, in addition to #serious_damage to #public_health.
For this study, Ghosh’s team examined 108 research papers on indoor and outdoor pollution in correlation with four main pregnancy risks – gestational age at birth, reduction in birthweight, low birth weight, and premature birth – for 204 countries.
After controlling for risk factors such as pregnancy weight, smoking and alcohol use and nutrition, the researchers found air pollution was a leading cause of low birth weight and premature birth. The latter is a main cause of the 15 million newborn deaths worldwide each year.
The findings build on previous research by Ghosh and colleagues, which calculated that air pollution contributed to the deaths of 500,000 newborns globally in 2019.
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