Mapping Global Pollution

Nine meg people a twelvemonth are killed simply about the basis yesteryear pollution. According to the Lancet Commission on Pollution together with Health pollution is responsible for 16% of all deaths simply about the word. That is 3 times to a greater extent than deaths than caused yesteryear AIDS, tuberculosis & malaria combined together with fifteen times to a greater extent than deaths than caused yesteryear wars together with other forms of violence.

The Global Alliance on Health together with Pollution is mapping air, H2O together with soil pollution simply about the world. The Global Pollution Map uses regime approved data-sets to coordinate information on all forms of pollution inwards countries across the globe.

The Global Pollution Map contains 3 primary pollution layers to visualize Air Pollution, Contaminated Sites together with Water Pollution. These 3 layers tin last turned on or off yesteryear using the buttons inwards the map sidebar. The map likewise includes a Pollution Deaths layer. This layer uses information from the Lancet Commission on Pollution together with Health to exhibit the divulge of deaths per meg caused yesteryear pollution inwards each dry reason simply about the world.