Pollution & Health: The Lancet Planetary Health

A Progress Update of the 2017 Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health

Materials available on request, Embargo lifts at 23.30 [UK time] 6:30 pm [US ET] Tuesday 17^th May 2022

Press Release

The press release will be issued at 8:30 [UK time] 12:00 [US ET] Monday, 16^th May 2022, embargoed until 23:30 [UK time]/ 6:30 pm [US ET] Tuesday 17^th May 2022.

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Full Report

Full Report – print version

Supplementary Annexes

• Approach
• Supplementary Appendix- Measurement of Losses in Economic Output due to Pollution

Executive Summary

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Key Messages

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Key Messages- Infographic

Resources

By World Bank region – Deaths attributable to pollution, by pollution type – 2019 (based on Global Burden of Disease data)

Country breakdown – Deaths attributable to pollution, by pollution type – 2019 (based on Global Burden of Disease data)

For reference: Country breakdown – Deaths attributable to pollution – 2015 (based on Global Burden of Disease Data)

Video

Stories from the ground– photos and audio clips available upon request

The silent killer: the struggle to stop lead poisoning in Senegal

When cutting air pollution becomes personal in Indonesia

No safe haven: how cooking at home can be fatal in Madagascar 

Contact

Authors available for interviews

For interviews with the Article author, please contact:

USA & Canada

Angela Bernhardt
E) angela@pureearth.org T) +1 (845) 367-3754

Rest of the World

Arantxa Cedillo
E) arantxa@gahp.net T) +41 76 786 7590

Launch Events/Press Briefings

Launch events and press briefings will take place around the world in NYC; Washington, D.C.; Brussels; Ottawa; Delhi. RSVP to attend. Live streaming options are available at some events. See individual event details.

• May 19^th at NYU School of Global Public Health Room 801 on 708 Broadway, NYC from 9-12 EST with a served breakfast. To attend in person please RVSP. To register for the virtual event please follow this link. 
• May 22nd at World Heart Federation Summit on Campus Biotech, Geneva, Switzerland from 9:30-10 am CET. To register for the virtual event please follow this link.
• June 15th at TERI India, New Delhi, India, more information soon.

Social Media Cards – kit available for download, contact Arantxa Cedillo arantxa@gahp.net