Category Archives: Latin America

WHO says air pollution kills 600,000 children every year

Posted on October 30, 2018 by

Air pollution kills an estimated 600,000 children every year and causing symptoms ranging from loss of intelligence to obesity and ear infections but there is a limited amount parents can do, a World Health Organization report said on Monday. Parents … Continue reading →

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Diverting diesel trucks spared lungs in Sao Paulo

Posted on May 17, 2018 by

The positive health outcomes of the intervention could guide the formulation of similar transport polices in other cities. In densely populated cities like Sao Paulo, many vehicles running on diesel such as commercial trucks, vans, and buses circulate right by … Continue reading →

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90 percent of world’s population breathes badly polluted air: WHO

Posted on May 2, 2018 by

Nine out of every 10 people on the planet breathe air that contains high levels of pollutants and kills seven million people each year, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) study. Nine out of every 10 people on … Continue reading →

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Medellin issues red alert over ‘harmful’ air

Posted on March 8, 2018 by

Medellin partially banned motorized traffic and reduced economic activity on Wednesday “to protect citizens” from pollution that has made air “harmful” for people’s health. The red alert that was issued bans more than half of the city’s cars and physical … Continue reading →

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Satellite images show extent of air pollution worldwide

Posted on December 5, 2017 by

Images taken by a new European satellite show the levels and distribution of air pollutants around the world, including ash spewing from a volcano in Indonesia. The European Space Agency released images Friday made by its Sentinel-5P satellite that show … Continue reading →

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Pollution linked to one in six deaths 

Posted on October 20, 2017 by

Pollution has been linked to nine million deaths worldwide in 2015, a report in The Lancet has found. Almost all of these deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries, where pollution could account for up to a quarter of deaths. Bangladesh and … Continue reading →

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Medellín’s pollution is having deadly effects

Posted on September 25, 2017 by

The pollution in Colombia’s second largest city of Medellín is a health care crisis, according to National Faculty of Public Health researcher Elkin Martínez. In a study based upon DANE data from 1980 to 2012, Martinez has shown that one person … Continue reading →

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Colombia Air Pollution Costs Bogotá up to $1 Billion USD Per Year, Says Study

Posted on September 11, 2017 by

Air pollution cost Bogotá nearly $1 billion USD in 2014 in the form of premature deaths, heart disease, cancer, respiratory illness, and other complications, according to a recent study from researchers at Colombia’s Universidad La Salle. While transportation — particularly the … Continue reading →

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