Guardian investigation finds 98% of Europeans breathing highly damaging polluted air linked to 400,000 deaths a year
    • xep@kbin.social
      11·
      1 year ago

      From the article:

      In Sweden, by contrast, there is no area where PM2.5 reaches more than twice the WHO figure, and some areas in northern Scotland are among the few across Europe that fall below it.

      In the map they provide Norway is almost entirely below the WHO safe air recommendation.

    • IverCoder@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Here in the Philippines, specifically in Digos City, we’re at 10μg/m³ which is twice over WHO’s safe values. And this is in a tree-filled quiet town. I wonder how they handle it over at the bigger cities.

  • SevFTW@feddit.deEnglish
    231·
    1 year ago

    Yeah but how will afford their 8th superyacht or 20th divorce and subsequent marriage to an 18 year old FSB-operative?

    Just take one for the team, guys!

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Europe is facing a “severe public health crisis”, with almost everyone across the continent living in areas with dangerous levels of air pollution, an investigation by the Guardian has found.

    Analysis of data gathered using cutting-edge methodology – including detailed satellite images and measurements from more than 1,400 ground monitoring stations – reveals a dire picture of dirty air, with 98% of people living in areas with highly damaging fine particulate pollution that exceed World Health Organization guidelines.

    The measurements refer to PM2.5 – tiny airborne particles mostly produced from the burning of fossil fuels, some of which can pass through the lungs and into the blood stream, affecting almost every organ in the body.

    “This is a severe public health crisis,” said Roel Vermeulen, a professor of environmental epidemiology at Utrecht University who led the team of researchers across the continent that compiled the data.

    “These deaths are preventable and the estimate does not include millions of cases of non-fatal diseases, years lived with disability, attributable hospitalisations, or health effects from other pollutants.”

    Some towns and cities across Europe, including London and Milan, are making strides to tackle air pollution, from the introduction of ultra-low emissions zones to traffic reduction schemes and walking and cycling initiatives.

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