Outdoor air pollution causes around 40,000 deaths a year, according to new research from the Royal College of Physicians.
Cancer, asthma, stroke and heart disease, diabetes, obesity and changes linked to dementia have also been linked to pollution and, according to the report, “the health problems from exposure to air pollution have a high cost to people who suffer from illness and premature death, to our health services and to business” — a cost of more than £20billion a year.
One chronic condition highlighted by the report was asthma, which has long been linked to air pollution. Now, a new app being launched in the UK seeks to alleviate some of the symptoms of asthma while it gathers data for a large-scale medical study.
By: Emily Reynolds,
