"This is a cause and effect relationship, not just a correlation," said Jacobson of his study, which on Dec. 24 was accepted for publication in Geophysical Research Letters. "The study is the first specifically to isolate carbon dioxide's effect from that of other global-warming agents and to find quantitatively that chemical and meteorological changes due to carbon dioxide itself increase mortality due to increased ozone, particles and carcinogens in the air."
NVDL: I guessed, intuitively, that increased pollution = increased CO2 levels = increased cancer/deaths and asthma. Good to see a study finding a direct relationship, but it seems a logical assumption. What I've discovered more and more is that what is good for us human beings, is also good for the planet. The fact that the planet and its systems are suffering is a clear indication that what we are doing to ourselves is not healthy.
NVDL: I guessed, intuitively, that increased pollution = increased CO2 levels = increased cancer/deaths and asthma. Good to see a study finding a direct relationship, but it seems a logical assumption. What I've discovered more and more is that what is good for us human beings, is also good for the planet. The fact that the planet and its systems are suffering is a clear indication that what we are doing to ourselves is not healthy.
While it has long been known that carbon dioxide emissions contribute to climate change, the new study details how for each increase of 1 degree Celsius caused by carbon dioxide, the resulting air pollution would lead annually to about a thousand additional deaths and many more cases of respiratory illness and asthma in the United States, according to the paper by Mark Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford. Worldwide, upward of 20,000 air-pollution-related deaths per year per degree Celsius may be due to this greenhouse gas.
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Hi,
I very much agree with your post, but what if in the case of Indoor Air Pollution and Women’s Health Pollution? It is not just something that occurs outdoors and to wildlife. There are real impacts on human health that not only can contribute to sickness and morbidity, but also cause early deaths and economic disparity. Given the social impacts of pollution inequity, it is no wonder that the women of the world tend to suffer disproportionately harsh consequences from environmental and household pollution.
In the home (and especially in most developing nations), women are more often than not responsible for cooking meals and feeding the children. In about half the homes on Earth, that means a wood fire for heating and cooking. While some are lucky enough to have stoves for this, more often the fire is an unprotected pit in the middle of the floor. These set-ups are very often poorly ventilated and quite dangerous, resulting in untold respiratory stress and even a very real burn danger.
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