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There is good news out there. The air is cleaner due to the fact that people are at home and not out doing pollution generating activities like driving. From Europe, a new study indicates that the improvement in air quality over the past month of the coronavirus lockdown has led to 11,000 fewer deaths from pollution in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.

Less road traffic and industrial emissions result in 6,000 fewer children developing asthma, 1,900 avoided emergency room visits and 600 fewer preterm births. That is the word from the Center for Research on Energy and Cleanair in Europe.

Compared with the same period last year, levels of nitrogen dioxide have fallen by 40% while tiny particulate matter – known as PM2.5 – is down 10%, which means that people without Covid-19 can breathe easier. These two forms of pollution, which weaken the heart and respiratory system, are together normally responsible for about 470,000 deaths in Europe each year.


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The research found the highest number of avoided pollution deaths in Germany (2,083), followed by the UK (1,752), Italy (1,490), France (1,230) and Spain (1,083). By disease, almost 40% of the fatality reductions were related to heart failure, 17% from lung ailments such as bronchitis and emphysema, and 13% each from strokes and cancer. The others were infections and diabetes.

The overall calculation of 11,000 avoided deaths is the most likely estimate from a series of statistical models that combine data for air quality, weather conditions, emissions, population and disease prevalence.

And remember the numbers could be really much better because this study looks at Europe. It does not include the world’s two most populous and polluted nations – China and India. Both have experienced some of the sharpest falls in air pollution.