According to their studies, 253,000 deaths could have been avoided in the EU if the fine particulate matter concentrations had met WHO recommendations. Exposure to air pollution causes or aggravates certain diseases like lung cancer, heart disease, asthma, and diabetes according to new estimates of health impacts.
The report this year looked at how air pollution affects our health. It considered diseases like heart disease and cancer, where most of the impact comes from people dying. But for diseases like diabetes and asthma, there's also a big impact on people's daily lives because of the ongoing health issues these diseases cause. So, when we talk about the effects of air pollution, it's not just about the number of deaths, but also about how these diseases affect people's quality of life over a long time.
