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Oslo (NTB): Air quality in Oslo is at times so bad that more people with heart and lung ailments die during the period after days of extra high air pollution, newspaper VG.
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Researchers have looked at about 50,000 deaths in Oslo through 10 years, and compared the time of the deaths of days where Oslo air is worst.
– We have documented that higher mortality in the capital after days of high pollution, says Paul Rosland, chief engineer of the NPRA, VG.
Mortality is highest three to five days after the contamination reaches its peak levels, according to a report from researchers at NIPH, NPRA and medical faculty at the University of Oslo.
– Mortality increased markedly
– The findings are serious, because it affects so many, perhaps up to 100,000 people living in the most affected areas in Oslo, he said.
Air pollution is highest at the measuring stations at Smestad in Oslo avenue and Hjortnes Oslo West – and at Alnabru and Manglerud in the east.
Particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide, NO2, is the most serious sources of harmful air pollution.
– Within five days after high pollution in the community, mortality increased markedly. The risk was highest for high levels of particulate matter, says Rosland.
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