Pollution is causing many people to die earlier than they would otherwise, both globally and in the U.S., according to two new studies.
of his showed that pollution was also responsible for 9 million premature deaths in 2015. But the dominant forms of pollution have changed over time.
"It's a compounding problem. When you have high populations and high pollution, you have more mortality because of that," said Richard Peltier, an associate professor of environmental health sciences at University of Massachusetts Amherst, who wasn't involved in either study. "We're not measuring mercury or pesticides or chromium or arsenic or asbestos," he said."If we were to measure properly all of the different chemical exposures, it's probably as big as air pollution."Experts said it's generally difficult for people to protect themselves from pollution-related health hazards, especially in less developed countries.
The U.S. has already improved its air quality dramatically: Between 1990 and 2020, the country saw a 78 percent decline in the combined emissions of six common pollutants. But Monday's study underscored that there's more to be done.
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