The World Health Organization issued updates to its guidance on air quality and renewed the warning of the dangers of pollution to human life, especially at the time of the spread of the Corona pandemic, which has killed millions around the world.
Episode 56 of the “Science in Five” program, presented by Vismita Gupta Smith, and broadcast by the World Health Organization on its official website and through its accounts on communication sites, touched on new air quality guidelines, and the impact of pollutants on the aggravation of the spread of the Corona virus, through an interview with Global expert Dr. Maria Neira, Director of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health at the United Nations. according to Arabic
Dr Neira said that what is new in the World Health Organization’s guidance on air quality, basically, is that we need to reduce the recommended levels of exposure to air pollutants in order to protect human health, as it is now known that even exposure to very low levels of some pollutants That a person breathes daily puts him at risk.
She added that for this reason, for six major pollutants, the organization recommends lower levels that would protect human health. The important message of these guidelines is that if WHO recommendations are specifically implemented with regard to PM 2.5, which are fine airborne particles with a diameter of up to 2.5 micrometers, which are one of the most dangerous to health, 80% of the total The number of deaths that occur annually due to air pollution, which statistics indicate that it reaches 7 million premature deaths caused by exposure to air pollution.
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