Professor Yasuyuki Kondo of Waseda University School of Political Economy and research teams of National Institute for Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyushu University, and Sydney University, Australia are the products purchased by consumers in G20 (* 1) countries. Global estimates of PM2.5 (fine particulate air pollutants) generated in the production of and services have determined that 200 million people worldwide die prematurely each year.
According to Waseda University, the analysis covers 20 G19 countries, excluding the European Union (EU) and the European Central Bank. We calculated the concentration of PM2010 in the atmosphere that national consumption induces through the international supply chain in 2.5, thereby estimating the number of people dying before the average age of death.
The results show that 200 million people die prematurely each year.Of these, 8 are infants under the age of five.Japanese consumption causes 5 premature deaths annually at home and abroad, 4% of whom live abroad, such as India and China.The number of early deaths from production activities in Japan was 2,000, and it was revealed that the influence of consumption activities was greater than that of production activities.
The research team says the G20 is responsible for the generation of PM2.5 from consumption and needs to promote support for developing countries with high premature infant mortality.
* 1 G20 G7 in Japan, USA, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, European Union / Europe Central 20 countries and regions including banks
Paper information:[Nature Communications] Consumption in the G20 nations causes particulate air pollution resulted in two million premature deaths annually
