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[QUOTE]Pollution has been linked to nine million deaths worldwide in 2015, a report in The Lancet has found.
Almost all of these deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries, where pollution could account for up to a quarter of deaths. Bangladesh and Somalia were the worst affected.
Air pollution had the biggest impact, accounting for two-thirds of deaths from pollution.
Brunei and Sweden had the lowest numbers of pollution-related deaths.
Most of these deaths were caused by non-infectious diseases linked to pollution, such as heart disease, stroke and lung cancer.
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In the UK, about 8% or 50,000 deaths are estimated to be linked to pollution. This puts the UK in 55th place out of the 188 countries measured, placing them behind the US and many European countries, including Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Denmark.
Dr Penny Woods, of the British Lung Foundation, said: "Air pollution is reaching crisis point worldwide, and the UK is faring worse than many countries in Western Europe and the US.
"A contributing factor could be [B]our dependence on diesel vehicles[/B], notorious for pumping out a higher amount of poisonous particles and gases.
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The authors said air pollution affected the poor disproportionately, including those in poor countries as well as poor people in wealthy countries.
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41678533[/url]
[QUOTE=Marbalo;52806431]This is getting ridiculous. It's like as if we're living in a disaster film and these newspieces are in the background throughout the film that everybody ignores, foreshadowing the actual disaster itself and the focal point of the movie.[/QUOTE]
But if we cut down on pollution, a handful of people will have to find new jobs! :'(
well theres going to be a big industry in cleaning up the mess they've made opening up so they can have first dibs
[QUOTE=Lollipoopdeck;52806799]well theres going to be a big industry in cleaning up the mess they've made opening up so they can have first dibs[/QUOTE]
You'd think that, but corporations and production deeply rooted in their money-making tradition are hard to break off the urge or habit. You can't just make them turn around and say "well we're gonna save the environment now and look at all the job positions for those willing".
[QUOTE=c:;52806469]But if we cut down on pollution, a handful of people will have to find new jobs! :'([/QUOTE]
It's funny because renewable energy is becoming a booming industry and is creating significantly more jobs than oil is.
Most bangladeshi deaths probably come from the shipbreakers who are exposed to all sorts of shit from tearing apart tankers without the proper safety equipment.
It’s sad, but Bangladesh doesn’t have enough natural iron ore to build their infrastructure. So in order to meet ends meat in regards to having enough steel, they break apart ships from countries and companies that don’t need them anymore.
Air pollution's sort of come into focus in the UK recently as the figures have shown that our air's pretty toxic compared to just about every other developed western nation.
[QUOTE=RearAdmiral;52809251]Air pollution's sort of come into focus in the UK recently as the figures have shown that our air's pretty toxic compared to just about every other developed western nation.[/QUOTE]
Plus the government has failed to deliver a plan to reduce air pollution to legal limits, despite multiple court orders. Their latest plan is under heavy scrutiny. I expect that they will simply stall so they can gut the laws using brexit.
[QUOTE=Morgen;52809258]Plus the government has failed to deliver a plan to reduce air pollution to legal limits, despite multiple court orders. Their latest plan is under heavy scrutiny. I expect that they will simply stall so they can gut the laws using brexit.[/QUOTE]
I think the conservatives are often scapegoated, it's up to the public to switch to renewable vehicles and cut excessive energy usage. There's only so much they can hike vehicle tax to try and persuade adoption of less pollutant vehicles. I wouldn't be surprised if they move up the 2030 fuel ban for diesels specifically.
There's also only so much renewable energy we can produce, solar is a pipe dream in most parts of the UK and I'm kind of sick of the north becoming one giant wind farm. The conservatives gutting solar subsidies was one of the better decisions they made. I think the public has an unjustified negative reaction towards nuclear due to Windscale, so it's difficult to push funding for nuclear.
[QUOTE]The conservatives gutting solar subsidies was one of the better decisions they made.[/QUOTE]
:what:
Solar actually works pretty decently in the UK. Not to mention them further subsidizing fossil fuels. Nuclear is okay but Hinckley point C doesn't make financial sense. I don't know why you think it's acceptable for the conservatives to hit solar so hard?
It must be the public's fault that pollution is so high compared to every other western nation. Can't be anything to do with the conservatives not having a plan, and being dragged back to court multiple times over it. No sir.
[QUOTE=Stolons;52807193]Most bangladeshi deaths probably come from the shipbreakers who are exposed to all sorts of shit from tearing apart tankers without the proper safety equipment.
It’s sad, but Bangladesh doesn’t have enough natural iron ore to build their infrastructure. So in order to meet ends meat in regards to having enough steel, they break apart ships from countries and companies that don’t need them anymore.[/QUOTE]
Almost looks like some kind of post apocalypse hell scape.
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[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOmtFN1bfZ8[/media]
[editline]22nd October 2017[/editline]
There are other places that do it more sustainably, including locations in south america and even the US. But due to the nature of shipping, and owning ships as an investment, it's often the cheapest and easiest for owners to just get rid of them in Bangladesh once they're no longer needed.
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