Civic Exchange, the Hong Kong based research institute, has estimated that air pollution is claiming 10,000 lives a year in Hong Kong, Macau and China’s Pearl River Delta.
The study which was carried out over a period of nine months by health,
science and public policy specialists found that air pollution is
setting their economy back USD964m per year. Respiratory diseases
caused by smog are producing 440,000 hospital bed days and 11 million
doctor visits, media reports.
Vehicle emissions in the region and pollution from industrial areas in
neighbouring southern China are believed to have worsened the problem
over the past ten years and it is reported that travelers are avoiding
Hong Kong because of reports of premature deaths caused by smog.
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Civic Exchange, the Hong Kong based research institute, has estimated that air pollution is claiming 10,000 lives a year in Hong Kong, Macau and China’s Pearl River Delta.
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