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About 9,500 people die early each year in London due to long-term exposure to air pollution, more than twice as many as previously thought, according to new research. Air pollution is now Britain’s most lethal environmental risk, killing about 40,000 people prematurely each year.
(From that article.)
What are people actually dying from when these articles state 'X die a year from pollution'? Is this just an estimate? I'm guessing it's cancer and other respiratory diseases and related complications. But I don't really know.
Also. Am I dying from pollution?
pastry_bot-
I've often wondered this myself. Do they actually measure deaths where pollution is a contributing factor, e.g. An elderly patient with COPD who goes downhill faster because of the shitty air. Or do they just estimate the percentage that breathing shit knocks off the average lifespan and extrapolate it to the whole population?
jimmy_james
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/01/london-mayor-issues-pollution-warnings-at-bus-stops-and-tube-stations