Report: Air pollution killed 3.7 million people in 2012

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">ArbiaWeather.com - A report published by the World Health Organization on urban air stated that only 12% of the world&#39;s urban population breathe clean air, <span style="line-height:1.6em">and the results of this study were published on May 7, and it was conducted in 1,600 cities within 91 countries. .</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height:1.6em">These results showed that urban residents breathe air that is 2.5 times more polluted than the minimum permissible limit,</span> <span style="line-height:1.6em">which increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, lung cancer, and various respiratory diseases, including asthma.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height:1.6em">According to experts <strong>, the main factors causing pollution are transportation,</strong> extensive construction operations, excessive use of energy, industrial development, and the lack of complete waste disposal. Therefore, it is not surprising that pollution claimed the</span> <span style="line-height:1.6em">lives of 3.7 million people in 2012 in the world.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height:1.6em">According to the results of the studies, the most polluted countries in the world are Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Iran and Bahrain.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height:1.6em">In the Pakistani city of Peshawar, which is inhabited by 3.6 million people, the concentration of suspended particles with a diameter of 10 microns or less (PM10) is 540 micrograms per cubic meter, while the concentration of these particles should not exceed 20 micrograms, according to the recommendations of the World Health Organization.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height:1.6em">Peshawar is followed by the city of Rawalpindi (448 micrograms) and the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif ranks third (334 micrograms).</span></p>