Sentences with phrase «largest threat to human health»

Small increase in energy investment could cut premature deaths from air pollution in half by 2040, says new IEA report IEA strategy based on existing energy technologies and policies can cut 50 % of pollutant emissions, the fourth - largest threat to human health, by 2040 27 June 2016

Around 6.5 million deaths globally are attributed each year to poor air quality inside and outside, making it the world's fourth - largest threat to human health, behind high blood pressure, dietary risks and smoking.

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Worldwide, vegetation fires are showing a trend toward longer burning periods, increased fire severity, larger areas burned and increased (mostly human caused) frequency — with all of these factors contributing to more damaging environmental impacts, higher shares of emissions and increasing socioeconomic costs, including greater threats to human health and security.

As part of a larger class known as perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs), the EPA put them in the bucket of «emerging contaminants» — chemicals or materials that are characterized by «a perceived, potential, or real threat to human health or the environment.»