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Pollution kills one person in Medellin every 3 hours: study
written by Stephen Gill September 19, 2017
One person dies every three hours from pollution in Colombia’s second biggest city Medellin, according to a study from a leading university in the city,reported Semana magazine.
The situation in Medellin, which lies in the Valley of Aburra has reached crisis point with the study from National School of Public Health at the University of Antioquia showing that the lung cancer mortality rate is 3.4 times that of Bogota and 2.7 times that of Colombia.
The figures owe their origin to an analysis of death certificates associated with chronic respiratory diseases, lung cancer and strokes recorded at Colombia’s National Department of Statistics (DANE) between 1980 and 2012.
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“That’s ten times more than deaths that cause traffic accidents, for example. But unlike these, which tend to be more dramatic, the others occur ‘silently’ without anyone being able to connect them with the real causes,” said Professor Martinez.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/one-person-dies-every-3-hours-medellin-pollution-study/
Environment and energy:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1127112917
