(ORDO NEWS) — Less than 1% of territories with clean air remain on Earth and only about 0.001% of the planet’s inhabitants breathe it.
This was reported by the American news agency Bloomberg, citing the results of recent studies by scientists from Australia and China.
Experts have found that about 99.8% of the Earth’s territory is exposed to the harmful effects of the smallest particles in the air, which increase the likelihood of developing respiratory cancer and heart disease.
Almost everywhere on the planet, the level of atmospheric pollution exceeds the maximum permissible standards developed by experts from the World Health Organization.
In the most deplorable state in terms of ecology, there are states in southeast Asia, as well as in South and North Africa.
According to medical research, up to 66% of premature deaths are associated with fine particles in the air. Every year, about 6.7 million people stop beating because of them.
A relatively good environmental situation has developed in New Zealand, Australia and other regions of Oceania.
In South America, too, the air is cleaner than in Asia, Africa and Europe. At the same time, even there, the concentration of harmful substances has increased in recent years.
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