Particle pollution has killed 26,830 people in Spain in a decade
(2000-2009)
Only two months after Madrid became the first Spanish city to restrict traffic by pollution, the National School of Health calculates the magnitude of the problem. Particle contamination in the air has led to the premature death of 26,830 people in Spain over a decade, according to an investigation led by Julio Diaz, head of the center's Epidemiology Department.. "75% of the particles in a city is a result of human activities, mainly traffic," he warns.The latest WHO (World Health Organization) estimate calculated that 6,860 people died prematurely in Spain in 2012 due to exposure to air pollution of all types. Diaz's work speaks of 2,683 annual deaths. The investigator specifies that 651 of these premature annual deaths are associated with respiratory diseases and another 556 are associated with cardiovascular problems. The rest of the deaths are due to the aggravation of other pathologies.
The decision of the mayor Manuela Carmena to restrict traffic in Madrid sparked a controversy negacionista to the real problem of pollution. The PP spokesman at City Hall, Esperanza Aguirre, came to proclaim that the measures now Madrid had "the ideological purpose of pitting cars with people." The new study is signed by four scientists at the National School of Health , under the Institute of Health Carlos III in Madrid. It's the leading public body for biomedical research in Spain and is attached to the ministries of Economy and Health.
Vocabulary learned:
pollution: contamination
pathology: study of disease
spark: bring on
spokesman: speaks on behalf of
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