Breathing in car exhaust, power plant fumes and other fossil fuel pollution can damage people's lungs and hearts.
Ganatra: “Climate change and environmental pollution seriously affect us.”
Sarju Ganatra, a cardiologist at Leahy Hospital and Medical Center in Massachusetts, says reducing climate pollution could improve our health.
The United States has pledged to cut its climate-warming emissions to about half of 2005 levels by the end of the century.
Ganatra and his team used computer models to estimate the health benefits of achieving this goal.
They found that it could prevent nearly 1 million asthma attacks, more than 40,000 heart attacks and more than 30,000 deaths in 2050 alone.
This is just a snapshot of the health benefits expected within a year, and the impact will be greater over time.
Therefore, Ganatra said legislation such as the federal Inflation Reduction Act would help the country meet its climate goals and not only help limit global warming.
Ganatra: “I think this will significantly improve our own health. … The health of the planet is inseparable from our health. We are one. We are one. We are not separate and we should not be any other way.” Look at this.
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