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We draw breath about 20,000
times a day, taking in some 10,000 litres of air. We can survive
without water for days and much longer without food but we wouldn't
last 5 minutes without air.
However, the air we breathe is not what it used to be, especially
in our cities and urban areas. Quite simply our air is full of carbon
monoxide, benzene, lead, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, VOC's
and all manner of fine particulate.
And if you think staying indoors is the answer, think again.
Experts say that levels of indoor pollution can be up to ten times
greater than outdoor levels!
You may assume that this is only a problem for those who
suffer with respiratory problems but that would be a false assumption.
Pollution is now recognised as a significant threat to cardiovascular
health. Reporting in the March 6, 2002 Journal of the American Medical
Association (JAMA), researchers examined long-term health data on
500,000 individuals to compare increases in air pollution levels
with incidence of death.
They discovered that when air pollution levels suddenly increased,
in addition to expected increases in deaths from asthma, pneumonia,
and emphysema, there was an unexpected increase in the number of
deaths related to heart attacks and stroke. Most surprising was
the finding that when air pollution levels rose, so did deaths from
all causes, not just those related to the heart and lungs.
Read the article here (Word document)
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