New Delhi: Air pollution is the biggest threat to human health in India, cut life expectancy by five years, according to the university’s Energy Policy Institute of Chicago Air Quality Index (AQLI) (EPIC) released on Tuesday. In contrast, malnutrition of children and mothers leads to reduced life expectancy in India by about 1.8 years and smoking by about 1.5 years, it added.
the study also He said that the population in Delhi, India’s most polluted region, will gain 10 years of life expectancy on Average If annual average levels of PM 2.5 do not exceed five micrograms per cubic meter, the threshold Determined as optimal according to a World Health Organization (WHO) review. air Quality Manual issued in September last year.
it was delhi also The most polluted country with About 9.7 years of Loss of life expectancy on Average as per AQLI analysis last yearBased on on The previous target of the World Health Organization of 10 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m3) for PM2.5 levels. in September last yearwho brought this down to 5 µg/m3.
According to the AQLI analysis, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana and Tripura were among the top five polluted Indian states, with gains of 8.2, 7.9, 7.4 and 6 years, respectively. in Life expectancy under continued pollution below The safe limit set by the World Health Organization.
Globally, India is second The most polluted country after Bangladesh, with life expectancy reduced It was 6.9 years in 2020 due to poor air, followed by Nepal (4.1 years), Pakistan (3.8 years) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (2.9 years).
AQLI found this particle air Pollution takes 2.2 years off global Life expectancy, or combined 17 billion years of life. the influence on Life expectancy is similar to that of smoking, more of three times who – which of alcohol use unsafe water, six times who – which of HIV/AIDS, 89 times who – which of analysis said.
“Will be global Emergency if Mars came to Earth and sprinkled a substance caused average person on The planet to lose more two years ago of life expectancy; This is similar to the prevailing situation in several parts of The worldexcept that we spray the material, not from some invaders outer space Michael Greenstone, Milton Friedman’s Premium Service, said professor in economy and creator of AQLI, in a permit. “Luckily, history Know us It does not need to be this way. In many places around the planet, like The United States, strong policies, backed by an equally strong will for The change worked in Reducing air pollution.”
AQLI translates particles air Pollution in its effect on life expectancy; Determines the causal relationship between the long-term exposure of a person to air Pollution and life expectancy.
For its new analysis, AQLI team used air Pollution data from 2020 when Covid-19 related restrictions were imposed globally. “according to new and revised PM2.5 data derived from satellite, and global population Weighted average PM2.5 . level declined slightly between 2019 and 2020, from 27.7 to 27.5 micrograms per cubic meter – more of five times Revised WHO guidelines of 5 micrograms per cubic meter – despite rapid deceleration in Economic activities around the world. in fact global Today’s particle pollution concentrations are almost the same as they were in 2003, said analysis.
But air Pollution levels continued to increase in South Asia in 2020. In India, PM2.5 levels increased by 2.9% year-over-year 55.8 micrograms per cubic meter. It rose in Pakistan by 6.3% to 44.2 micrograms per cubic meter. Levels increased in Bangladesh by 13.1% to 75.8 micrograms per cubic meter.
AQLI Director Christa Hsenkopf said this shows who – which air Pollution is very stubborn problem Which requires consistent and robust action.
Ordinary resident of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal countries exposed to particulate pollution levels of up to 47% higher than it was at the bend of The century. If the pollution levels in The year 2000 remained steady over time, population in these countries Will be on Track to lose 3.3 years of life expectancy;
India also Faces highest health burden of air Pollution due to high and large concentrations of particulate pollution population. Particulate Contamination Levels – PM 2.5 – increased by 53 micrograms per cubic meter in 2013 to 56 micrograms per cubic meter today – approximately 11 times higher From the limit of the World Health Organization.
China loses 2.5 years of life expectancy but has also Acquired for two years due to reduction in Pollution levels since 2013. Pollution has decreased in China since the country started the ‘War against pollution” in 2014. This decline continued until 2020, with pollution levels down 39.6% compared to 2013, according to the analysis. Because of these improvements, the average Chinese citizen can expect this live more than two years in 2013, provided the cuts continue. Beijing recorded the largest decline in air pollution between 2013 and 2020, with PM2.5 levels drop from 85 to 38 micrograms per cubic meter in just Seven years – 55% decline. From 2019 to 2020, pollution in Beijing decreased by 8.7%.
“It is important to note that air pollution also very tangled with Climate change. Both challenges She is in the first place caused From the same culprit: fossil fuel emissions from power the plants vehiclesand other industrial sources. these challenges also presents rare win-win opportunity, because policy can simultaneously reduce Accreditation on Fossil fuels allow people to me live Longer and healthier life and reduce Costs of analysis said.
“We notice a huge gap between policy and implementation. We have all sectoral policies and there rules and regulations for those policies. For example we have an urban transport policy, we have swachch bharat etc. But those policies need to me translate into actionable actions by developing the right infrastructure. progress on This is still very slow. if we don’t make changes At the level of infrastructure we will not see big they change on a land. we follow national Cleaning air its own program plans and finance for various projects. Much of concentration on Dust management, road sweeping etc. but not too much on strategy development for cities and regions. we need hard Anumeta Roy Chowdhury, CEO, said: directorcenter for Science and the environment.
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