tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3661959023166222060.post7697382518411773501..comments2023-08-12T23:11:16.813-07:00Comments on Asian Footprint Watch: China & North Korea: ambient particulate matter air pollution contributed to 1,270, 000 premature deaths in 2010 or about 40% of global worldwide risk jh Teyssier bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00023485044132073163noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3661959023166222060.post-31647094579795036692013-06-04T21:45:19.187-07:002013-06-04T21:45:19.187-07:00Thank you for your comments! Concerning The Lancet...Thank you for your comments! Concerning The Lancet PM air pollution risk outcomes: estimations are not based on health statistics but on satellite and ground observations using as explained the TM5 simulation model. It is why the simulationis address a large area "Asia Southeast" and not specific countries such as Vietnam and Thailand. In these cities I think also that the urban population is not so high as in China or Japan. See Woorld Bank data, 2011 urban population in % of total:<br />Japan : 91.1%; China:50.5%; Thailand:34.1%; Vietnam: 31%. jh Teyssier bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00023485044132073163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3661959023166222060.post-9271843573976893002013-05-17T03:52:31.557-07:002013-05-17T03:52:31.557-07:00I am a little bit surprized by the low values of d...I am a little bit surprized by the low values of death by ambiant air pollution in Southeast Asia, compared to those in high income Asia Pacific countries. In fact ambiant air pollution in Southeast Asia is not a priority for the present political leaders who are more focusing about employment than environment. I am also not sure that health statistics are reliable in countries like Vietnam Laos our Cambodia, because of the low level of health infrastructures, and the fact that many people have na access to health because they cannot afford to pay for it.<br /><br />Looking at ambiant air conditions in big cities like Saigon, Hanoi, Pnomh Penh or Bangkok is enough to realize that pollution is high and that air conditions are a lot more harmful than in cites like Auckland or Sydney!Pierre de Lacroixnoreply@blogger.com