A myriad of factors including heat and stagnant air can make summer ripe for polluted air and associated health problems This is how it affects your body, in the short and long term 🔎 Big Read
, chief clinician for Cancer Research UK and lead author on the lung cancer study, every microgram increase of PM2.5 per metre-cube in the air we breath equates to about one extra case of lung cancer per 100,000 people per year. Thedie prematurely because of tobacco use each year, the same as air pollution.
In other words, for every year spent breathing in air pollution, we are putting ourselves more at risk. The findings are fuelling calls for stronger mandates on air quality levels in the city.– and this poses a greater risk for people with underlying health conditions. According to research commissioned by the European Commission, extreme heat results in 0.4 per cent higher mortality rates when pollution levels are low.
“This also happens in winter, when we get the same high pressure systems that bring in very cold weather – you can see spikes in air pollution at that time as well because the air is very still and there is little wind to disperse pollutants.”In summer, the combination of heat and this stillness means that the ground we walk and drive over tends to be drier, generating dust.
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