Air pollution ‘killing 100 children a day in Asia’ All 500 million children across the region live in countries with unhealthy levels of toxic air, according to analysis.
According to an analysis from the UN agency – released as cities including Bangkok, Hanoi and Hangzhou are engulfed in smog – all 500 million children in the region live in countries with unhealthy levels of air pollution.
“Air pollution is affecting children in places that are meant to be safe for them – it’s affecting children in their homes, it’s affecting children in their school.
In fact, more than half of the deaths associated with air pollution are linked to household level air pollution,” Mr Rees said.
Toxic air is linked to the deaths of more than 100 children every day in east Asia and the Pacific, causing “unimaginable grief” for tens of thousands of families, Unicef has warned.
