{"id":406,"date":"2018-06-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/diesel-prevent-air-pollution\/406\/"},"modified":"2020-01-10T11:12:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T11:12:43","slug":"diesel-prevent-air-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/diesel-prevent-air-pollution\/406\/","title":{"rendered":"Destabilising our diesel fleet to prevent air pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrzej Jagusiewicz, president of the European Federation of Clean Air and Environmental Protection, explores how air pollution is affecting the lives of Europeans and how our air can be purified.<\/h2>\n

Toxic air pollution is the main cause of disease and premature deaths in the world today. The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health puts the toll of air pollution at nine million a year, while the World Health Organization (WHO) attributes seven million premature deaths globally to the joint effects of both household and ambient air pollution.<\/p>\n

In the EU-28, the European Environment Agency (EEA) estimates that the number of fatal cases due to particulate matter (PM) alone is around 400,000 annually and stands at the same level for many years. The overall picture in Europe is still worse if we add an estimated 75,000 premature deaths due to nitrogen dioxide. According to WHO, 80% of these deaths are attributed to non-communicable diseases (NCD).<\/p>\n

Assessing the perpetrators of air pollution fatalities<\/h3>\n

Who is the killer? Or who are the killers? What is hidden behind a very general notion of particulate matter? Who is responsible for other deaths? Chemically speaking, PM is a product of incomplete combustion and may be, or contain:<\/p>\n