Thailand:22 January 2019:Man farmer to spray herbicides or chemical fertilizers on the fields green rice growing. Air pollution created by everyday items including cleaning fluids, grooming products, paints, glues, wood stoves and pesticides causes up to 450,000 premature deaths worldwide in cities including London, a study has found. The total death toll each year from a specific type of particle pollution known as man-made “secondary organic aerosols” (or ASOAs) is as high as 900,000, researchers have estimated, a figure ten times higher than previously thought. SponsoredAround half of this pollution comes from vehicle exhausts, but an equally large amount comes from “everyday chemicals” in products we use in and around our homes, according to research led by scientists at the University of Colorado. It has prompted scientists to call for urgent action to identify the harm being caused to public health

Source: The Times July 27, 2021 17:15 UTC