{"id":115087,"date":"2021-06-28T11:12:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T05:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=115087"},"modified":"2021-07-01T11:47:50","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T06:17:50","slug":"home-emissions-cause-25-pollution-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/home-emissions-cause-25-pollution-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Home emissions cause 25% pollution deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">What is the News?<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">A\u00a0study\u00a0in Nature Communications\u00a0analysed\u00a0the number of deaths\u00a0due to exposure to air pollution from specific sources,\u00a0between the period of 2017 and 2019.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Key Findings of the Study Related to India:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"107\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"102\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The total attributable deaths<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0in India due to PM2.5 are estimated at around 8.6 lakhs in 2017 and 9.5 lakhs in 2019.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"107\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"103\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Among them,\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">1\/4th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0of air pollution-linked deaths in India are due to residential emissions from biofuels burning (indoor air pollution due to emission from cooking, heating).<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Other key Findings:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"108\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"104\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The study claimed\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">that globally around 1 million deaths were avoidable in 2017 by eliminating fossil-fuel combustion with coal contributing to over half.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"108\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"105\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">China and India\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">with 58% of total global ambient PM2.5 mortality burden together accounted for the largest numbers of attributable deaths.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"108\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"106\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Moreover<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, the study also said that residential emissions are the largest source of average PM2.5 exposure and attributable mortality in China and India.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"108\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"107\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">However<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, areas surrounding Beijing and\u00a0Singrauli\u00a0(Madhya Pradesh) have relatively larger contributions from the energy and industry sectors.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Initiatives by India to combat Indoor Air Pollution:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"109\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"108\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">In 2016,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Indian Government launched\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ujjwala-beneficiaries-can-get-free-domestic-cooking-gas-cylinder-till-september\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Pradhan\u00a0Mantri\u00a0Ujjwala\u00a0Yojana(PMUY).<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"109\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"109\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The scheme aims\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">to provide deposit free LPG (cooking gas) to replace the unclean cooking fuels mostly used in rural India with the clean and more efficient LPG(Liquefied Petroleum Gas).<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"109\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"110\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The scheme has been\u00a0recognised\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">by the World Health\u00a0Organisation\u00a0(WHO) as one of the decisive interventions by the government to address the issue of residential emission.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Source:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/home-emissions-cause-25-pollution-deaths\/articleshow\/83861641.cms\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">TOI<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News?\u00a0\u00a0 A\u00a0study\u00a0in Nature Communications\u00a0analysed\u00a0the number of deaths\u00a0due to exposure to air pollution from specific sources,\u00a0between the period of 2017 and 2019.\u00a0\u00a0 Key Findings of the Study Related to India:\u00a0\u00a0 The total attributable deaths\u00a0in India due to PM2.5 are estimated at around 8.6 lakhs in 2017 and 9.5 lakhs in 2019.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Among them,\u00a01\/4th\u00a0of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/home-emissions-cause-25-pollution-deaths\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Home emissions cause 25% pollution deaths<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8043,1566,4182,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs-cat","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700772681,"cached_date":1704805034},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}