Publications by authors named "Karti Sandilya"
Pollution and health: a progress update.
Richard Fuller Philip J Landrigan Kalpana Balakrishnan Glynda Bathan Stephan Bose-O'Reilly Karti Sandilya
Lancet Planet Health
June 2022
Article Synopsis
- Pollution caused around 9 million premature deaths globally in 2015 and remains the leading environmental risk factor for disease, accounting for one in six deaths.
- While deaths from extreme poverty-related pollution types have decreased, this is countered by a rise in deaths from modern pollution, such as ambient air pollution and toxic chemicals, which have increased significantly since 2000.
- Effective management of pollution requires global cooperation and a formal science-policy interface to address this complex issue that links pollution to climate change and biodiversity loss.
Pollution is a major, overlooked, global health threat that was responsible in 2015 for an estimated 9 million deaths and great economic losses. To end neglect of pollution and advance prevention of pollution-related disease, we formed the Commission on Pollution and Health. Despite recent gains in understanding of pollution and its health effects, this Commission noted that large gaps in knowledge remain.
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