The public's healthy main danger is the air pollution

The public's healthy main danger is the air pollution
Staff reporter Li He

Ones that are organized by Center for Disease Prevention and Control of China,etc. together and released <> the report points out, the atmospheric disposal of pollutants of fire coal has already accounted for more than 70% of atmospheric disposal of pollutants of main energy of our country; Its air pollution that leads to the fact will cause human resistance to drop and raise with crowd's morbidity, and this kind of long-term and chronic influence is easy to be ignored by the public.

Still the fine jade researcher says when being interviewed by Science and Technology Daily reporter that environment and relevant products of health of Center for Disease Prevention and Control of China are safe, every year, disease closely related to coal-fired air pollution all cause enormous health economic losses and disease to our country to bear.

According to relevant reports, in 2003, the economic losses of premature death and disease which our country initiated because of the air pollution were 157,300 million yuan, it accounts for 1.16% of the GDP of those years. 2007, according to the research reports of organizations such as the American energy foundation,etc., environment, society and economy,etc. external loss that the coal of our country causes reach 1,745 billion yuan, it is equivalent to 7.1% of the GDP of those years. Take Beijing as examples, every year such as economic losses such as health under 5 year such as Beijing in 1,670 million to 3,655 million dollars, accounts for 6.55% of the annual gross national product in Beijing.

"Because the danger to the health of coal-fired air pollutant is long-term, chronic, so is very easy to be ignored by the public, the impact on sensitive crowds such as children, chronic disease patient and the elderly,etc. is more prominent. " Shang Qi says.

Relevant experts introduce, when the density which is exposed to the pollutant reaches certain dosage continuously, will cause the specific target organ to damage, bring out respiratory disease, heart brain blood-vascular system disease, tumour, neonatal inborn defect, endemic disease,etc.. In 2008, the death toll related to air pollution in our country is up to 500,000, among them baby's death proportion is up to 1/10.

<> to point out, our country should issue the plan as soon as possible, reduce the use of the coal, otherwise because the health hidden danger that generation of electric power by thermal power causes will become a heavy burden of economic and social development alone.

(news from Beijing on September 11)

The public's healthy main danger is the air pollution