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Manila, Feb 12 (EFE/EPA).- Air pollution from fossil fuels causes 4.5 million premature deaths each year worldwide, and leads to global economic losses of around $2.9 trillion, Greenpeace warned Wednesday.The Toxic Air Report: The Price of Fossil Fuels compiled by Greenpeace Southeast Asia and the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air said $8 billion dollars are lost every day as a result of fossil fuel air pollution, which is equivalent to 3.3 percent of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP).The study is the first to evaluate the impact of fossil fuel pollution (coal, oil and gas) on the global economy.Researchers came up with the data by calculating the cost of the millions of yearly premature deaths and how these affected productivity, as well as considering health care expenses to treat the myriad diseases caused and aggravated by pollution."Fossil fuels are not only bad for the climate, they're also bad for our health and our economy," Greenpeace Campaigner Khevin Yu said at the presentation of the report in Manila.FOOTAGE SHOWS GREENPEACE PRESS CONFERENCE OFFERED BY GREENPEACE CAMPAIGNER KHEVIN YU IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES.SOUNDBITES: KHEVIN YU, GREENPEACE CAMPAIGNER (IN ENGLISH)
Up to 15% of all COVID-19 deaths globally may be linked to long-term exposure to air pollution. In addition, 18% of fatalities caused by the virus in the United States are linked to it as well. This means that air pollution may have played a role in roughly 40,000 of the more than 220,000 deaths. If both long-term exposure to air pollution and infection with the COVID-19 virus come together... We have an additive adverse effect on health, particularly with respect to the heart and blood vessels. This leads to greater vulnerability and less resilience to COVID-19, reports UPI.
Air pollution blankets the skyline in Tehran as school children and many employees in Iran's capital were told to stay at home due to a spike in levels. Tehran, a city of around 9 million people, suffers from chronic air pollution and regularly ranks among the world's most polluted cities. IMAGES
A thick layer of smog covers Delhi following a frenzied night of fireworks to celebrate the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali. The air quality dipped to the “very poor” category early Monday, with authorities warning of further deterioration in the levels. IMAGES
Activists from a number of NGOs, including Glasgow Actions Team and 350.org, unfurl a banner with a wind turbine in front of the Eiffel Tower, on the Place du Trocadéro in Paris, to call for an end to the financing of fossil fuels and the taxation of polluters, on the eve of the Paris summit for "a new global financial pact". IMAGES
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