STUDY REVEALS IRREVERSIBLE LINK BETWEEN AIR POLLUTION AND VISION LOSS

  • 15/02/2021


A new study  has shed light on the irreversible link between air pollution and vision loss.Air pollution can cloud people's vision and in later life lead to macular degeneration, an age-related eye ailment that can lead to irreversible blindness.Researchers believe that pollutants such as particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide are the biggest causes of health concerns.

The study reveals that people who were exposed to higher fine ambient particulate matter with an aerodynamic diametre of 2.5 micrometres had higher odds of self-reported age-related macular degeneration (AMD).Over 90 per cent of the global population lives in places where air quality levels exceed the limits set for pollutants that pose health risks, as per estimates published by the World Health Organization .Research in 2017 had put the annual number of deaths from all outdoor airborne particulate matter - including dust and smoke from agricultural burns and wildfires - at 4.2 million.

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