空气污染：隐形的杀手

2012年，约有650万人的死亡与空气污染有关，这是全球死亡人数的11.6%。...

为何要如此关心我们呼吸的空气？

答案很简单：空气污染是一名杀手。也许空气并不总是可见的，但它却可能是致命的。

36%的肺癌死亡是由空气污染造成的；同时，有34%的中风死亡和27%的心脏病死亡，其罪魁祸首都是空气污染。而且，空气污染还增加了患急性呼吸道感染的风险。几乎所有人都不能幸免

2012年约有650万人因空气污染死亡。每年约有300万例死亡与暴露于室外空气污染有关。如果你生活在城市，就会将自己置于遭受空气污染的风险之中：全世界，有超过80%的城市居民被暴露于空气质量水平超过世界卫生组织标准的空气中。一般来说，与高收入国家相比，低收入国家的污染水平更高。将近90%空气污染相关死亡发生在中低收入国家，且近三分之二在世卫组织东南亚区域和西太平洋区域。但我们在进步

在欧洲中低收入国家中，有超过90%的城市居民呼吸着比五年前更洁净洁的空气。无独有偶，美洲地区的中低收入国家中，超过60%的城市居民所呼吸的空气较五年前更加清洁。中国政府新颁布的“十三五”规划包括了降低PM2.5水平的一项指标，李克强总理也宣布“向污染宣战”。中国的空气质量正在改善——根据今年三月份中国政府的报告，有74个主要城市的PM2.5平均周围环境水平下降了14.1%。空气污染：不应在给孩子的美好未来中

在孩子们面临的所有挑战之中，他们呼吸的空气不应是其中之一。我们一起努力，让孩子呼吸的每一口空气都清新洁净！

92% of people worldwide do not breathe safe air.Why we care about the air we breathe so much? 

The simple answer is: air pollution is a killer. It may not always be visible, but it can be deadly.

Air pollution causes 36% of deaths from lung cancer, 34% of deaths from stroke and 27% of deaths from heart disease. Nonetheless, air pollution also increases the risks for acute respiratory infections.It affects nearly all of us

An estimated 6.5 million deaths were associated with air pollution in 2012. Some 3 million deaths a year are linked to exposure to outdoor air pollution.  If you are living in a city, you are risking yourself with polluted air: over 80% of urban residents are exposed to air quality level that exceeds WHO limits.Traditionally, low-income countries have been more likely to have higher pollution levels than high-income countries. Nearly 90% of air-pollution-related deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, with nearly two out of three occurring in WHO’s South-East Asia and Western Pacific Regions.But we are making great progress

More than 90% of urban residents in low- and middle-income European countries breathe cleaner air than they did 5 years ago. Similarly, more than 60% of urban residents in low- and middle-income countries in the Region of the Americas breathe cleaner air than they did 5 years ago.In China, the newly released 13th Five Year Plan includes an indicator for reducing PM2.5 levels and Premier Li Keqiang declared a ‘war on pollution’.  Air quality in China is improving - in March this year China’s government reported that average ambient levels of PM2.5 were down by 14.1% in 74 key cities.Air pollution – should not be in the future for our children


With all of the challenges children face, the air they breathe shouldn’t be one of them.  Let’s work together to ensure that.

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