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Consumption in the G20 nations causes particulate air pollution resulting in two million premature deaths annually
Worldwide exposure to ambient PM(2.5) causes over 4 million premature deaths annually. As most of these deaths are in developing countries, without internationally coordinated efforts this polarized situation will continue. As yet, however, no studies have quantified nation-to-nation consumer respon...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8563796/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34728619 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26348-y |
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author | Nansai, Keisuke Tohno, Susumu Chatani, Satoru Kanemoto, Keiichiro Kagawa, Shigemi Kondo, Yasushi Takayanagi, Wataru Lenzen, Manfred |
author_facet | Nansai, Keisuke Tohno, Susumu Chatani, Satoru Kanemoto, Keiichiro Kagawa, Shigemi Kondo, Yasushi Takayanagi, Wataru Lenzen, Manfred |
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description | Worldwide exposure to ambient PM(2.5) causes over 4 million premature deaths annually. As most of these deaths are in developing countries, without internationally coordinated efforts this polarized situation will continue. As yet, however, no studies have quantified nation-to-nation consumer responsibility for global mortality due to both primary and secondary PM(2.5) particles. Here we quantify the global footprint of PM(2.5)-driven premature deaths for the 19 G20 nations in a position to lead such efforts. G20 consumption in 2010 was responsible for 1.983 [95% Confidence Interval: 1.685–2.285] million premature deaths, at an average age of 67, including 78.6 [71.5–84.8] thousand infant deaths, implying that the G20 lifetime consumption of about 28 [24–33] people claims one life. Our results indicate that G20 nations should take responsibility for their footprint rather than focusing solely on transboundary air pollution, as this would expand opportunities for reducing PM(2.5)-driven premature mortality. Given the infant mortality footprint identified, it would moreover contribute to ensuring infant lives are not unfairly left behind in countries like South Africa, which have a weak relationship with G20 nations. |
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spelling | pubmed-85637962021-11-19 Consumption in the G20 nations causes particulate air pollution resulting in two million premature deaths annually Nansai, Keisuke Tohno, Susumu Chatani, Satoru Kanemoto, Keiichiro Kagawa, Shigemi Kondo, Yasushi Takayanagi, Wataru Lenzen, Manfred Nat Commun Article Worldwide exposure to ambient PM(2.5) causes over 4 million premature deaths annually. As most of these deaths are in developing countries, without internationally coordinated efforts this polarized situation will continue. As yet, however, no studies have quantified nation-to-nation consumer responsibility for global mortality due to both primary and secondary PM(2.5) particles. Here we quantify the global footprint of PM(2.5)-driven premature deaths for the 19 G20 nations in a position to lead such efforts. G20 consumption in 2010 was responsible for 1.983 [95% Confidence Interval: 1.685–2.285] million premature deaths, at an average age of 67, including 78.6 [71.5–84.8] thousand infant deaths, implying that the G20 lifetime consumption of about 28 [24–33] people claims one life. Our results indicate that G20 nations should take responsibility for their footprint rather than focusing solely on transboundary air pollution, as this would expand opportunities for reducing PM(2.5)-driven premature mortality. Given the infant mortality footprint identified, it would moreover contribute to ensuring infant lives are not unfairly left behind in countries like South Africa, which have a weak relationship with G20 nations. Nature Publishing Group UK 2021-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8563796/ /pubmed/34728619 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26348-y Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Nansai, Keisuke Tohno, Susumu Chatani, Satoru Kanemoto, Keiichiro Kagawa, Shigemi Kondo, Yasushi Takayanagi, Wataru Lenzen, Manfred Consumption in the G20 nations causes particulate air pollution resulting in two million premature deaths annually |
title | Consumption in the G20 nations causes particulate air pollution resulting in two million premature deaths annually |
title_full | Consumption in the G20 nations causes particulate air pollution resulting in two million premature deaths annually |
title_fullStr | Consumption in the G20 nations causes particulate air pollution resulting in two million premature deaths annually |
title_full_unstemmed | Consumption in the G20 nations causes particulate air pollution resulting in two million premature deaths annually |
title_short | Consumption in the G20 nations causes particulate air pollution resulting in two million premature deaths annually |
title_sort | consumption in the g20 nations causes particulate air pollution resulting in two million premature deaths annually |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8563796/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34728619 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26348-y |
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