The economic impact of air pollution is now known to be significant, amounting to around 5 percent of global GDP and involving health-related costs, reduced productivity, and lower life expectancy. The World Bank’s new report, ‘Accelerating Access to Clean Air on a Livable Planet’, emphasizes the need for integrated policy approaches that tackle air pollution alongside other objectives, such as energy independence and emission reduction. Such policies are claimed to be capable of halving the number of people exposed to harmful air pollution by 2040, with potential global economic benefits estimated to reach up to $2.4 trillion.
To read how high-dose B vitamins have been shown to have a protective effect against air pollution, see this article on our website.
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The World Bank reports that air pollution claims the lives of around 5.7 million people each year, with 95 percent of deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries.
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The economic impact of air pollution is now known to be significant, amounting to around 5 percent of global GDP and involving health-related costs, reduced productivity, and lower life expectancy. The World Bank’s new report, ‘Accelerating Access to Clean Air on a Livable Planet’, emphasizes the need for integrated policy approaches that tackle air pollution alongside other objectives, such as energy independence and emission reduction. Such policies are claimed to be capable of halving the number of people exposed to harmful air pollution by 2040, with potential global economic benefits estimated to reach up to $2.4 trillion.
To read how high-dose B vitamins have been shown to have a protective effect against air pollution, see this article on our website.
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