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Medical WHO Reports
2014.04.15 12:41
WHO Reports: More than 7 Million Air Pollution Deaths Each Year Bridget M. Kuhn, JAMA, 2014;311(15):1486 Exposure to air pollution results in an estimated 7 million deaths each year, said the World Health Organization (WHO), double its previous estimate. This suggests that air pollution—indoor, outdoor, or both—caused 1 in 8 deaths worldwide in 2012. The new estimate is based on more accurate pollution measurements in both urban and rural regions, made possible by newer technologies, and newer evidence linking pollution exposure to poor health. Although pollution has long been recognized as a risk factor in respiratory illnesses such as acute infections and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), newer evidence suggests it also contributes to heart disease, stroke, and cancer. |
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이한중*65
2014.04.15 12:57
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운영자
2014.04.16 13:10
My guess is that, soon or later, there will be some outbreaks of "polluted-air-resistant strain (or species) of Homo Sapiens"
that will prosper on the earth, as the normal Homo Sapiens (like us) gradually get extinct.At least, that appears to be the right thing for the "Supreme Being" to do.
We deserve to get extinct as we have done the same to numerous other earthly life forms.
Justice will be and should be served eventually. Amen....
You add water pollution to the air pollution.
We humans certainly are doing a good steady job for suicidal attempts for themselves.
Hopefully and prayerfully these relentless, mindless acts of humans do not lead to the self-extinction of the species.