CHINA COAL POWER cause significant harm
According to Greenpeace, air pollution, PM2, 5 (fine particles) from about 200 coal-fired power plants in the metropolitan region of China was the 9,900 premature deaths and caused more than 70,000 physician visits and hospitalizations during 2011.
The study was conducted by Greenpeace, together with an expert on air pollution from America, Dr. Andrew Grey. In the process used modern methods of investigation will reveal the impact of air pollution on the health of the Chinese people.
Researchers estimate emissions from all coal-fired power stations in the capital region of the country with the regional meteorological, geographic and demographic data.
As a result of the study, it became known that the pollution caused about two thousand deaths in Beijing, 1200 in Tianjin in 6700 and Hebeye. Greenpeace was able to establish that the 2011 data is power in the metropolitan area were the cause of 850 deaths from lung cancer, 190 deaths of children under the age of years. In addition, the lack of clean air has increased in asthmatic children - there are about 9,300 people, and an increased number of people with chronic bronchial disease - up to 12 thousand.
Greenpeace calls on the Chinese authorities to take measures to protect the health of citizens and to control the level of air pollution. According to Greenpeace estimates that in the next five years, China should reduce the consumption of coal and 80 million tons.
