More than 600 billion euros costs air pollution

ArabiaWeather.com- A new report issued by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warns of the harms of air pollution , which costs the major industrialized countries about 600 billion and 3 thousand euros, which amounts to 700 billion and 1 thousand dollars in 34 member states of the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation.

In addition to 400 billion dollars for China and 500 billion dollars for India, which are two non-members of the organization, and this report was presented at the International Conference on Transportation that was held recently in the German city of "Leipzig", and the report indicated the diseases resulting from this pollution, which are respiratory problems, cancer and heart disease. .

The report stated that outdoor air pollution kills more than 3.5 million people annually, which is consistent with the World Health Organization's 2012 report, and that the death rate increased in the world by about 4% in the period from 2005 to 2010, 5% in China and 12% in India.

With these proportions, air pollution becomes the main cause of premature death, despite the efforts of some countries to try to mitigate it, such as Norway, the United States of America, France, the Netherlands, and Britain, while the death rate increased in Australia, Mexico, Korea, and Portugal. If China and India are compared to the major industrialized countries, the number of cars is less, but pollution comes from industry. production plants and coal plants.