A man feeds coal into the furnace of a steam boiler of a public bath house in Kabul, Afghanistan, February 1, 2020. With few homes in Afghanistan havi
A man feeds coal into the furnace of a steam boiler of a public bath house in Kabul, Afghanistan, February 1, 2020. With few homes in Afghanistan having their own private bathrooms, communal bath houses are very popular and are found through out Kabul and other cities in the country. Such bath houses can easily burn over a ton of coal per day, exasperating the pollution problem. There are no official statistics on how many people in Afghanistan die of pollution related health diseases. However, the research group State of Global Air, that offers analysis on levels and trends in air quality and health for countries around the world, offers a bleak picture. The group said that more than 26,000 deaths in 2017 in Afghanistan can be attributed to pollution. In contrast, according to the United Nations, 3,483 civilians have been killed the same year by the ongoing war in the country. Over the long term, exposure to air pollution increases a person's chance of developing and dying from heart disease, respiratory diseased, lung infections, lung cancer, diabetes and other health complications. It has been proven that even short-term exposure to high levels of pollution can trigger asthma and cause a drastic increase in hospitalisations. Children under five and the elderly are at particular risk of becoming sick in an air polluted environment. © UNICEF/Afghanistan/Modola20
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