Abstract
Mitigating air pollution: planetary health awaits a cosmopolitan moment
Highlights
We live in a so-called risk society
In The Lancet Planetary Health, the India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Air Pollution Collaborators,[5] present a comprehensive analysis of exposure to air pollution, covering 31 geographical units of India, as part of the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2017
Death and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) attributable to air pollution and the potential gain in life expectancy if global and national limits were adhered to were estimated. Those in the north of India, and 77% of the population of India were exposed to an annual population-weighted mean PM2·5 greater than the 40 μg/m3 stipulated limits set by the Central Pollution Control Board of India
Summary
We live in a so-called risk society. The renowned socio logist and social thinker Ulrich Beck defines a risk society as an inescapable structural condition of advanced industrialisation.[1]. Mitigating air pollution: planetary health awaits a cosmopolitan moment
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