Major Problem Health and Air Polution

Relation Between Health and Air Polution

Every year some 6.5 million people from the effects of air pollution in the Netherlands and worldwide die annually makes this especially for 13,000 premature deaths. The Netherlands then even most air pollution in Europe.Air pollution is a dangerous negative factor for the health of humans and after high blood pressure, unhealthy diet and smoking 4th of Netherlands. Unhealthy air can lung cancer, stroke, heart disease and cause an acute heart attack.Air pollution is the presence of substances in the air, which in itself or together with other substances detrimental to the health of humans, animals or plants. Air pollution is unhealthy for everyone, but they are really a problem for people with asthma, chronic lung disease COPD, weaker people and the elderly and young children.

The outside air is contaminated by various gases and substances, including particulate matter. Particulate matter is one of the most harmful forms of air pollution and is mostly caused by humans. Particulate matter increases the risk of heart and lung diseases, such as lung cancer or stroke. Read more below about particulate matter.Update 5-6-2016: Thousands of deaths from coal plantsAir pollution from coal plants costs each year thousands of Europeans living. Says a study (.pdf) of the World Wildlife Fund, the Health and Environment Alliance and the Climate Action Network. In 2013 there were 22,900 by coal-fired plants in the EU.In the Netherlands, died in 2013 620 people by the pollution from coal plants. In recent years, concluded a number of plants in the Netherlands, but there are also three open. (source)Air pollution remains within the EU standards, have caused 13,000 deaths in the Netherlands.In the Netherlands, 13,000 people die from air pollution annually. but asair pollution Europeso often does not really matter because the amount of air pollution that is emitted by the Netherlands in 2012 within the EU standards.So there are going to some 13,000 people a year die of says something about the EU standards, as so often we take all out of standards, but where do those standards come from and how realistic are these?The standard would actually say that this is seen as acceptable, so not if it harms our health. I can imagine that the industry and the politicians who are only concerned with economic growth, interest in the fact that this limit will be placed as high as possible. A good example is the VVD who finds it more important that we can drive 130 km / h in the Netherlands than they look at the health effects, would be ideal with 90 km / h.That is sad but a fact, we too often out of economic growth and the importance of the industry i.p.v. our health. That's short-sighted thinking, thinking from the money and I, i.p.v. WE.European countries must do more to get the air cleaner. The allowable standard for pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, particulate matter, nitrogen oxides and ammonia should be strengthened, a majority of the European Parliament. The main sources of air pollution are industry, agriculture, traffic and power plants. The main culprits are fine particles and pollutants such as sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ozone (smog).What facts about air pollution at a glance:

    Tens of thousands of Dutch have respiratory symptoms by pollution from traffic. Especially children, the elderly and asthmatics are victims;
    Children who grow up or go to school in areas with traffic-related air pollution are more likely to suffer from respiratory and allergies and have a five times greater risk of weak lungs. They keep the rest of their life, a greater risk of a variety of conditions and a poorer health.
    Prolonged exposure to concentrations of air pollution such as we have now in the Netherlands, the Dutch live on average one year less. That is more than the effect of example overweight
    The OECD in March 2012 concluded that air pollution in 2050 will be the biggest environmental cause of death worldwide. In the Netherlands it is already the third environment-related cause of death;We live in the Netherlands in the dirtiest airair pollution NetherlandsThe air over a large part of the Netherlands is the dirtiest of Europe. Especially above the Randstad and North Brabant is the case.This was most evident by the images of the environmental satellite Envisat in 2004. This satellite has measured airborne nitrogen dioxide (NO2) for 18 months. The red spots are Viest. (source)Particulate matter air pollution dangerous, bad for your health.Particulate matter is a collective name for the particles in the air. Particles that are smaller than 10 micrometers (1 micrometer is a thousand times smaller than 1 millimeter). The particles may differ in size and also in size and composition. Lately, the focus is increasingly on the smaller particles because they appear more harmful than the larger PM10 particles. Also, carbon is an important component of particulate matter.Fine particles dust particles may cause inflammatory reactions in the alveoli, the oxygen uptake and make it difficult to increase the risk of lung cancer. There is no safe level of particulate matter is also harmful in low concentrations. The effects are then less than at higher concentrations.Video, which is particulate matter:Current situation particulatesIn 2012, no exceedances of the annual average particulate matter concentration measured and in 2011 the particulate matter concentration was only very localized above the annual average limit value, like along busy streets or highways and close to storage and transfer of large stables.Nearly 75- 80% of the amount of particulate matter is caused in the air by human activities. Of this, 37% is produced in the Netherlands, the rest of the air pollution comes from abroad (source)In areas with a lot of fine particles has found a link between the deaths and the concentration of dust. The more fine particles, the more natural deaths occur. The European limit for the dangerous PM2.5-particle is 25 micrograms per cubic meter. Research shows that the particle already is dangerous from a concentration of 15 micrograms per cubic meter.If fine particles with a diameter of 2.5 micrograms or less (PM2.5) is inhaled, the small particles stick deeply into the vesicles of the lungs. These particles do not come off more and cause lung disease, asthma and cardiovascular diseases. Especially the particles that come from exhaust gases, such as carbon black, and small rubber particles from tires can be dangerous. But the dust from brake discs of trains and cars.The WHO guideline is 10 micrograms far below the EU limit of 25 micrograms. Scientists have now shown that this directive is far too high and dangerous for us as a people. But the European Union is not set up to make us healthier, but there is for making even bigger and richer companies and look only at economic growth.Professor Lucas Reijnders (UvA) on the harmful effects of particulate matter, and what communities can do to reduce these emissions from cars, trucks and industry.