Air Pollution Killed Thousands of Children In Lagos In 2021
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has said that 22,500 children in the state died in 2021 as a result of air pollution. The report stated that the figure was 75% of 30,000 people who died in 2021 due to the bad environment.
LASEPA General Manager Dolapo Fasawe, disclosed this to journalists on the sidelines of the official kick-off ceremony for the "EKO Clean Air" project on August 27, 2022 in Lagos. The project's theme was "Breathe Clean Air Now".
A 2020 World Bank study "The Cost of Air Pollution in Lagos" revealed that illness and premature deaths due to ambient air pollution caused losses of U.S.$2.1 billion in 2018, representing 2.1% of Lagos State's GDP. In 2018, ambient air pollution led to about 11,200 premature deaths, the highest in West Africa. Children under five years of age were the most affected, accounting for 60% of total deaths while adults suffered from heart disease, lung cancer, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
-
Nigeria:
22,500 Children Died From Air Pollution in Lagos in 2021 - Official
Premium Times, 28 August 2022
The Lagos official said the figure was 75 per cent of 30,000 people who died in 2021 in the state due to the bad environment. Read more »
-
Nigeria:
#OnlyOneEarth - Making Sustainable Living Our Only Option
Nigeria Health Watch, 8 June 2022
Nigeria's power situation has been at an all time low since the national grid collapsed early this year. A few days ago, Nathaniel Bassey, a Nigerian gospel music icon, shared an… Read more »
-
Nigeria:
Breathe in, Breathe Out - Nigeria's Air Quality a Silent Health Hazard
Nigeria Health Watch, 12 March 2020
Editor's Note: In this week's Thought Leadership Piece, Nigeria Health Watch Programme Coordinator Patience Adejo explores the state of Nigeria's air quality, how it affects the… Read more »
-
Africa:
New WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines Aim to Save Millions of Lives From Air Pollution
WHO, 22 September 2021
Air pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats to human health, alongside climate change. Read more »
-
Nigeria:
Harvesting Deaths From Air Pollution
This Day, 24 November 2021
Regulators should enforce the law Read more »
-
Nigeria:
The Cost of Air Pollution in Lagos
World Bank, 7 September 2020
Ambient air pollution is a major contributor to mortality and morbidity. Fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) is especially harmful to health because it can pass lung barriers and… Read more »
InFocus
-
Ten more African cities have signed on to the C40 Clean Air Cities Declaration to improve air quality. C40 is an international group of mayors collaborating to make cities environmentally sustainable.
In May 2022, Abidjan, Accra, Addis Ababa, Dakar, Ekurhuleni, Freetown, Johannesburg, Lagos, Nairobi and Tshwane joined Durban,
Read more »
-
For far too long, we've been telling the story on how climate change is real and man-made, how human-produced pollution is causing it, and how there is overwhelming scientific consensus that this is true. Mainstream news companies have gotten better at saying "it's genuine" and "experts agree" after decades of carelessly portraying a scientific problem as a two-sided political dispute.
In a similar vein, after years of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Read more »
-
Nigeria's coastal areas are known to face environmental hazards and risks. Oil exploration and exploitation are but some of the sources of these hazards. Oil spillage, gas flaring, air and water pollution, and agricultural land contamination are serious problems in the region, with implications for human and environmental health.
Some Niger Delta residents are less concerned about oil-induced hazards and risks, or floods and erosion. They are more worried about a lack of sanitation
Read more »
(file photo).
