Geneva: The United Nations Environmental and Human Rights Knowledge has said that due to air pollution inside and outside the home, about 70 million people die every year before the time, including six lakh children.
6 billion people taking breath in polluted air
United Nations expert David Boyd said that about six billion people are regularly breathing in such a polluted air that it keeps their life and health in danger. United Nations Special Representative on Environment and Human Rights said to the Human Rights Council on Monday, "Despite this, this pandemic is given very little attention because these deaths are not dramatic as other deaths from epidemics or epidemics."
Die every hour 800 people
Boyd said, "800 people are dying every hour, many of which are dying after many years of suffering, cancer, respiratory illness, or heart disease, which is caused by breathing in direct polluted air. "Associate Professor Boyd in British Columbia University of Canada said that not able to ensure clean air is a violation of the fundamental rights of a healthy environment. He said that these are the rights which 155 countries have given legal recognition and that they should get global recognition.
He identified seven important steps that the countries should take to ensure clean air. These include monitoring the air quality and its impact on human health, assessing the sources of air pollution and making public other information including public health consultations. Boyd said, "There are many instances of good practice such as programs of India and Indonesia which have turned many poor families towards cleaner cooking techniques and countries that are ending the use of coal-fired power plants. "
6 billion people taking breath in polluted air
United Nations expert David Boyd said that about six billion people are regularly breathing in such a polluted air that it keeps their life and health in danger. United Nations Special Representative on Environment and Human Rights said to the Human Rights Council on Monday, "Despite this, this pandemic is given very little attention because these deaths are not dramatic as other deaths from epidemics or epidemics."
Die every hour 800 people
Boyd said, "800 people are dying every hour, many of which are dying after many years of suffering, cancer, respiratory illness, or heart disease, which is caused by breathing in direct polluted air. "Associate Professor Boyd in British Columbia University of Canada said that not able to ensure clean air is a violation of the fundamental rights of a healthy environment. He said that these are the rights which 155 countries have given legal recognition and that they should get global recognition.
He identified seven important steps that the countries should take to ensure clean air. These include monitoring the air quality and its impact on human health, assessing the sources of air pollution and making public other information including public health consultations. Boyd said, "There are many instances of good practice such as programs of India and Indonesia which have turned many poor families towards cleaner cooking techniques and countries that are ending the use of coal-fired power plants. "
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