According the article “Air Pollution Linked to 1.2
Million Premature Deaths in China,” written by Edward Wong stated that outdoor
air pollution contributed to 1.2 million premature deaths in China in 2010,
nearly 40 percent of the global total. Wong stated that the data on which the
analysis is based was first presented in the ambitious 2010 Global Burden of
Disease Study, which was published in The Lancet, a British medical journal.
Wong stated that researchers called the “ambient particular matter pollution”
were the fourth-leading risk factor for deaths in China in 2010, which was
behind dietary risks, high blood pressure and smoking. Wong also stated that air
pollution ranked seventh on the worldwide list of risk factors, which
contributing to 3.2 million deaths in 2010. Wong stated that by comparison with
China, India, which also has densely populated cities grappling with similar
levels of pollution, had 620,000 premature deaths in 2010 because of outdoor
air pollution. Wong also stated that a study that was released said that the
growth rate of disclosure of pollution information in 113 cities had slowed.
Official news reports have said that 74 cities in China are now required to
release data on levels of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers. Wong also stated
that official Chinese report said the cost of environmental degradation in
China was about $230 billion in 2010, or 3.5 percent of the gross domestic
product.
This article
is basically stating that due to outdoor air pollution in China the premature
death rate in China had risen in 2010 which was 1.2 million premature deaths.
Due to these premature deaths, 74 out of 113 cities in China are now required
to releases data on levels of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers. This article
also stated that India had almost the same levels of air pollution causing
about 620,000 premature deaths in India.
4/5/2013
8:28 AM
Charles Vang
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