A study published today by Britain's Centre for Ecology and Hydrology suggests that pollution in England's cities is more dangerous than an atomic bomb.The study concludes that high levels of urban air pollution cut life expectancy by more than the radiation exposure of emergency workers sent into the 19-mile exclusion zone around the Chernobyl disaster, according to an article by UK writer Thair Shaikh.
Comparing health risks among modern-day Londoners, Japanese survivors of the atomic bombs, and people who have lived near the Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant which spewed nuclear radiation across the countryside in 1988, researchers found "that moving from Inverness to London could have a worse effect on your health than moving to Chernobyl."
Last month The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution released a report saying air pollution was responsible for 24,000 premature deaths in Britain every year.
Other findings showed that women living in areas of higher pollution were at greater risk of heart disease and death, while children living within 500 metres of motorways suffered more permanent lung damage and lower life expectancy, probably because of their greater exposure to pollutants in vehicle fumes.Medicine | Health | Alternative Health News | Radiation | Air Pollution | Nutritional Supplements | HerbBlurbs.com | AltHealthNews.com
Writing in the journal BMC Public Health, Dr [Jim] Smith [of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology] said: "It is well known that radiation can potentially cause fatal cancers in people, even at relatively low doses. But our understandable fear of radiation needs to be placed in the context of other risks.
"The immediate effects of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs led to approximately 210,000 deaths. However, radiation exposures experienced by the most exposed group of survivors led to an average loss of life expectancy significantly lower than that caused by severe obesity or active smoking."
Dr. David Ross, ND, CNHP, AHG
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