世衛(wèi)組織稱：空氣污染每年奪去60萬兒童的生命

Exposure to toxic air both indoors and out kills some 600,000 children under the age of 15 each year, the World Health Organization warned Monday.

世界衛(wèi)生組織周一警告稱，每年暴露在室內(nèi)和室外的有毒空氣導(dǎo)致大約60萬名15歲以下兒童死亡。

Data from the UN health body shows that every day, 93 percent of children under the age of 15 – a full 1.8 billion youngsters, including 630 million under the age of five – breath dangerously polluted air.

來自聯(lián)合國(guó)衛(wèi)生機(jī)構(gòu)的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，每天有93%的15歲以下兒童-18億年輕人，包括6.3億5歲以下的兒童-呼吸有害的空氣。

This has tragic consequences: In 2016 alone, some 600,000 children died from acute lower respiratory infections caused by polluted air, the WHO report found.

這帶來了悲慘的后果：世衛(wèi)組織的報(bào)告發(fā)現(xiàn)，僅在2016年，就有60萬兒童死于污染空氣造成的急性下呼吸道感染。

"Polluted air is poisoning millions of children and ruining their lives," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement.

“被污染的空氣正在毒害數(shù)百萬兒童，并毀了他們的生活，”世衛(wèi)組織總干事泰德羅斯·阿德哈諾姆·蓋布耶斯在一份聲明中表示。

According to WHO data, more than nine out of 10 people on the planet breathe dangerously toxic air, causing some seven million premature deaths each year.

根據(jù)世衛(wèi)組織的數(shù)據(jù)，地球上每10人中就有9人呼吸危險(xiǎn)的有毒空氣，每年造成約700萬人過早死亡。

Air pollution is especially dangerous for children, and accounts for nearly one in 10 deaths among children under five around the globe, the report found.

報(bào)告發(fā)現(xiàn)，空氣污染對(duì)兒童尤其危險(xiǎn)，全球五歲以下兒童中近十分之一的人死于空氣污染。

WHO’s study, which examined the health toll on children breathing health-hazardous levels of both outdoor and household air pollution, focused on dangerous particulate matter with a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometers (PM2.5).

世衛(wèi)組織的研究調(diào)查了室外環(huán)境和家庭空氣污染對(duì)世界兒童健康的危害，重點(diǎn)關(guān)注直徑小于2.5微米(PM2.5)的危險(xiǎn)顆粒物。

These include toxins like sulfate and black carbon, which pose the greatest health risks since they can penetrate deep into the lungs or cardiovascular system.

這些毒素包括硫酸鹽和炭黑等有毒物質(zhì)，由于它們能深入肺部或心血管系統(tǒng)，因此對(duì)健康造成的危害最大。

The report found that children in poorer countries are far more at risk, with a full 98 percent of all children under five in low – and middle-income countries exposed to PM2.5 levels above WHO air quality guidelines.

報(bào)告發(fā)現(xiàn)，貧窮國(guó)家的兒童面臨的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)要大得多，在低收入和中等收入國(guó)家，五歲以下兒童中有98%的人暴露在PM2.5水平高于世衛(wèi)組織空氣質(zhì)量準(zhǔn)則的環(huán)境中。

That compares to 52 percent in high-income countries, WHO said.

相比之下，高收入國(guó)家的這一比例為52%。