Last Friday, at least 5 people were killed by lightning in Nepal. Lightning strikes are the second most common cause of deaths during natural disasters in the US. The first is floods. Around 400 people nationwide are struck by lightning each year, and of those, 70 people die. That is, ...
the WHO. Figure1illustrates the distribution of deaths attributable to different risk factors. Air pollution holds the third position as a risk factor, following high blood pressure (first) and smoking (second). Air pollution was a contributing cause of death in 2019, with over 6.67 million deat...
Interestingly, fine particulate matter cantravelhundreds of kilometers, often crossing national boundaries. For instance, approximately 30% of air pollution in the Indian state of Punjab originates from neighboring Pakistan. Similarly, an estimated 30% of pollution in Bangladesh’s largest cities is tr...