Pollution from cars quadruple risk of death
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The pollution from cars kills indirectly, on average, nearly 20 people a day in the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo, according to the Air Pollution Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, USP. It is almost the double than five years ago, when the average was 12 deaths per day for cardiorespiratory diseases "accelerated" by the pollution.
The study, based on parameters of the World Health Organization, the chance of a person dying from cardiopulmonary disease in 39 municipalities of the region is currently 10.9%. Without emissions vehicles, would fall to 2.4%.
In current standards, the region's air kills indirectly, by year, 7187 people from 40 years (the most vulnerable group). Are 65% more than in 2004, the last search. The main diseases are exacerbated infarction, stroke, pneumonia, asthma and lung cancer.
The study estimates that pollution is also responsible for 13.1 thousand hospitalizations per year, with costs of $ 334 million -25% paid by the SUS. Children up to four years and adults over 60, with about 5,000 admissions each group, are most affected. The data are the SUS, 2008.
The air of SP is almost three times more "heavy" that the limit tolerable by the WHO. The daily average concentration of inhalable particulate matter (most harmful particles that reach the lungs and cause illness) is 28 micrograms per cubic meter, 18 more than the tolerable as defined by WHO.
In January, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine "showed that reducing the amount of pollutants emitted particles in the air increases the life expectancy. The researchers evaluated data from 51 population U.S. metropolitan areas from 1978 to 1982 and from 1997 to 2001. And found that the decrease of ten micrograms per cubic meter of fine particle pollution was associated with an average increase of seven months in life expectancy.
Largest fleet - Air quality in the metropolitan region of Brazil was a little better in 2004. The study coordinator, hired by the Ministry of Health and not yet officially released - the teacher says Paulo Saldivar was worsening, mainly caused by the growth of the fleet. Today, they are 9 million, a third more than in 2004 - only 6.3 million in capital. They are responsible for 50% of particulate matter in air, the highest percentage of six Brazilian cities surveyed. The metropolitan region of Brazil has 19.6 million inhabitants.
The fleet to diesel (trucks, buses and utilities) that the city accounts for 15% of the total, is the most pollution. However, the increase in the number of bikes and cars should not be overlooked, says the professor Americo USP Kehr, coautor the study. "As the fleet of vehicles is to much greater, they make a great contribution to the amount of particles."
For Kehr, the main reason for the increased mortality caused by vehicular pollution is a "structured mobility policy of the individual transport (personal) and the transport of cargo." The study was used by prosecutors in Sao Paulo based wiser action against Petrobras and the second failure of the assembly resolution which provided for federal, since 2002, the supply of diesel engines and cleaner from this year
Source: Environment Australia
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