Indoor & Outdoor Air Pollution Student Number:
Overview Health Effects of Air Pollution- Indoor & Outdoor o Disease Burden- Indoor & Outdoor Outdoor Air Pollution o Guidelines, Legislation & Agreements o Precautionary Principle Indoor Air Pollution o Disease Burden o Energy Ladder o Solutions
Outdoor Air Pollution
Health Effects of Air Pollution Lung, nasopharyngeal, Laryngeal CA IHD Low birth weight Adverse pregnancy outcomes
Smith,1993
EU Legislation The Ambient Air Quality and Cleaner Air for Europe (CAFE) Directive was transposed into Irish legislation by the Air Quality Standards Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 180 of 2011).
International: Kyoto Protocol 37 industrialized countries and the European Community have committed to reducing their emissions by an average of 5 percent against 1990 levels over the five-year period
The Precautionary Principle
Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) Statistics 3 billion people cook and heat their homes burning biomass (wood, animal dung and crop waste) and coal. 2 million deaths annually 41 million disability adjusted life years worldwide % global burden of disease 56% of IAP deaths among children under five 1 million people a year die from chronic obstructive respiratory disease (COPD) due to indoor air pollution Both women and men exposed to heavy indoor smoke are 2-3 times more likely to develop COPD. Kills 1 person every 16 seconds Source: World Health Organisation 2006
Disease burden (DALYs) due to indoor air pollution by level of development Source: World Health Organisation 2004
Indoor Air Pollution- Solutions
Energy Ladder Source: World Health Organisation
Coming clean: modern fuels, modern stoves UN Sustainable Energy for All 3 objectives to be achieved by Providing universal access to modern energy services. 2.Doubling the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency. 3.Doubling the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix.
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