Deadly Impact of Airborne Particles
- Abstract
The link between air pollution and death was established in a series of disasters around the world. About 15% of all deaths in the world are from ischemic heart disease; that’s when your heart literally suffocates. As the levels of air pollution increase, the percent of deaths from heart disease rises sharply – even at levels below the World Health Organization guidelines. If we decreased particles around the world to levels found in Vancouver, we could prevent 3 million excess deaths every year. The key to protecting people from the deadly impact of airborne particles is to produce less air pollution
- Resource Type
- Audio/video/movie clip
- Director
- Canadian Environmental Health Atlas
- Resource URL
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WAhhZsMr0A
- Date
- November 28, 2016
- Health and Human Impacts
- Cardiovascular disease Respiratory disease
- Emission Sources
- Energy Conventional
- GHG
- Overview/general
- Solutions
- Active transportation Behavior change Climate mitigation/GHG reduction Fuel efficiency Renewable/clean energy
- Region
- International
- Other
- Advocacy Climate science Co-benefits/co-harms