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Dangers of air pollution worse than previously thought, UN health agency warns

8 April 2013 — The dangers posed by air pollution are far larger than previously thought, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has announced, as it renewed its call for rapid global action in reducing what it described as one of “the greatest hazards to human health.”….

……..”The estimations we have now tell us there are 3.5 million premature deaths every year caused by household air pollution, and 3.3 million death every year caused by outdoor air pollution,” Dr. Maria Neira, the WHO’s Director of Public Health and Environment, told the CCAC meeting.

Ground-level ozone pollution was estimated to cause an additionally 200,000 premature deaths every year, the agency said in a press release, which notes that “burden of disease” is a calculation based on years of life lost combined with years lived at less than full health.

“Air pollution is becoming one of the biggest health issues we have in front of us at the moment,” Dr. Neira said. ……

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp…

Link to low level wind maps
http://magicseaweed.com/UK-Ireland-MS…

Link to EURDEP radiation monitoring in Europe

https://geoserver.jrc.ec.europa.eu/Pu…

Even Moderate Air Pollution Can Raise Stroke Risks

Link to map showing “normal” particulate pollution warnings maps
http://www.facebook.com/CleanAirLondon

Feb. 13, 2012 — Air pollution, even at levels generally considered safe by federal regulations, increases the risk of stroke by 34 percent, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center researchers have found.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/…