Polluted air kills 8 million people annually ! ! !




A new report issued by the World Health Organization : air pollution kills about 8 million people around the world each year, half of them due to exhaust domestic fireplaces.
 
The report, released on Tuesday, said that air pollution is responsible for the price of the deaths in the world, and it has become the biggest environmental hazard to human health.  


"Frank Kelly" said, the president of the research group at the University of the environment, "King's College" in London, and one of the participants in the World Health Organization report that "it is so hard to avoid contamination of the air, we all need to breathe."

According to the report, the nanoparticles wandering in the air represents one of the most dangerous air pollutants, where they can settle in the lungs and cause health problems.
 
Scientists believe that air pollution may be the reason behind the inflammation of the heart muscle, which leads to chronic problems or heart attacks.
 
The World Health Organization estimated that about 4.3 million people died in 2012 due to indoor air pollution, usually resulting from the use of wood and charcoal for cooking, said that with about 3.7 died in the same year due to outdoor air pollution.
 
The organization said that about 90% of deaths from developing countries.

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