RE: Pollution is estimated to cause 16% of early deaths globally
I would have love to see how they came to those numbers. The paper is in a high castle.
Global burden of disease estimates have found that exposure to household air pollution due to cooking on inefficient biomass stoves led to an estimated 4.3 million deaths in 2012.
So according to this WHO stats around 50% of this 16% death rate is cause by pollution due to cooking on inefficient biomass stoves yet this most important stats isn't even mentioned in the summary provided by sciencedaily.
Does the study come to other conclusion than stats provided by the WHO? If it's the case then I feel like the summary should also mention this fact.
The amount of exposure in terms of the number of people, exposure intensity and time spent exposed is far greater in the developing world (Smith, 1993); approximately 76% of all global particulate matter air pollution occurs indoors in the developing world (Figure 1).
The WHO don't provide their sources. I don't know where their numbers come from.
According to the Global Burden of Disease Report, household air pollution is the leading cause of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in Southeast Asia and the third leading cause of DALYs globally.
Global burden of disease estimates have found that exposure to HAP from cooking results in around 4 million premature deaths, with the most recent estimates from WHO reporting 4.3 million deaths for 2012.
I do find the report from sciencedaily to be somewhat misleading. When I first saw those kind of studies a couple while ago about pollution killing so many people, HAP wasn't the first thing that came to my mind and only through some random chance did I came by the information HAP was actually the leading cause of the wider problem of death caused pollution.
Whether intentional or not I find it absurdly poor reporting. I've seen those kind of studies covered poorly many times by many sources.
http://www.who.int/sustainable-development/housing/health-risks/household-air-pollution/en/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2568866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5089137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK264293/
if you want REAL data, wander my blog... earth is being poisoned as if there is no tomorrow for the sake of profits. And people do not really care because they are too busy to make ends meet, or chasing money to get richer. This report is not even telling the truth, it is A LOT worse... A LOT WORSE... Indonesia fires release more pollution than the entire world combined every year for the sake of palm oil... and I could go on and on... my blog has all the data and offers a bold solution
here is a starter... what is the death rate linked to eating sea foods???
Obama administration OK's dumping 76 billion gallons of wastewater into Gulf of Mexico IN JUST 2014 ALONE
I totally agree with this. I'm vegan and being vegan is the action anyone can take that will reduce their pollution footprint the most. This is true for most people. There is some exception to this.
My point wasn't about this or question the fact that Earth is being used by the ruling elite for other reasons than people's well being.