研究:减少碳排放有助健康长寿
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Cutting global warming pollution would not only make the planet healthier, it would make people healthier too, new research suggests.

最新研究表明,减少温室气体排放不仅能改善地球环境,还可以改善人们的健康。

Members of Greenpeace unfurl a banner in the Manaus municipal theater during protest on climate change in Manaus November 26, 2009.
Members of Greenpeace unfurl a banner in the Manaus municipal theater during protest on climate change in Manaus November 26, 2009.

Slashing猛烈的,严厉的 carbon dioxide emissions2 could save millions of lives, mostly by reducing preventable可预防的 deaths from heart and lung diseases, according to studies released Wednesday and published in a special issue of The Lancet British medical journal.

"Relying on fossil fuels leads to unhealthy lifestyles, increasing our chances for getting sick and in some cases takes years from our lives," US Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a telecast电视广播 briefing from her home state of Kansas. "As greenhouse gas emissions go down, so do deaths from cardiovascular心血管的 and respiratory diseases呼吸疾病. This is not a small effect."

Instead of looking at the health ills caused by future global warming, as past studies have done, this research looks at the immediate3 benefits of doing something about the problem, said Linda Birnbaum, director of the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

Some possible benefits seemed highly speculative投机的,推测的, the researchers conceded承认,给予, based on people driving less and walking and cycling more. Other proposals studied were more concrete and achievable, such as eliminating cook stoves炉灶,火炉 that burn dung, charcoal木炭 and other polluting fuels in the developing world.

And cutting carbon dioxide emissions also makes the air cleaner, reducing lung damage for millions of people, doctors said.

"Here are ways you can attack major health problems at the same time as dealing6 with climate change," said lead author Dr. Paul Wilkinson, an environmental epidemiologist流行病学家 at the London School of Hygiene7 and Tropical Medicine.

Wilkinson said the individual studies came up with提出,想出 numbers of premature8 deaths早逝 prevented or extra years of life added for certain locales.

For example, switching to low-polluting cars in London and Delhi, India, would save 160 lost years of life in London and nearly 1,700 in Delhi for every million residents, one study found. But if people also drove less and walked or biked more, those extra saved years would soar高耸,高涨 to more than 7,300 years in London and 12,500 years in Delhi because of less heart disease.



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1 slashing dfc956bca8fba6bcb04372bf8fc09010     
adj.尖锐的;苛刻的;鲜明的;乱砍的v.挥砍( slash的现在分词 );鞭打;割破;削减
参考例句:
  • Slashing is the first process in which liquid treatment is involved. 浆纱是液处理的第一过程。 来自辞典例句
  • He stopped slashing his horse. 他住了手,不去鞭打他的马了。 来自辞典例句
2 emissions 1a87f8769eb755734e056efecb5e2da9     
排放物( emission的名词复数 ); 散发物(尤指气体)
参考例句:
  • Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
  • Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。
3 immediate aapxh     
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
参考例句:
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
4 speculative uvjwd     
adj.思索性的,暝想性的,推理的
参考例句:
  • Much of our information is speculative.我们的许多信息是带推测性的。
  • The report is highly speculative and should be ignored.那个报道推测的成分很大,不应理会。
5 charcoal prgzJ     
n.炭,木炭,生物炭
参考例句:
  • We need to get some more charcoal for the barbecue.我们烧烤需要更多的碳。
  • Charcoal is used to filter water.木炭是用来过滤水的。
6 dealing NvjzWP     
n.经商方法,待人态度
参考例句:
  • This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
  • His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
7 hygiene Kchzr     
n.健康法,卫生学 (a.hygienic)
参考例句:
  • Their course of study includes elementary hygiene and medical theory.他们的课程包括基础卫生学和医疗知识。
  • He's going to give us a lecture on public hygiene.他要给我们作关于公共卫生方面的报告。
8 premature FPfxV     
adj.比预期时间早的;不成熟的,仓促的
参考例句:
  • It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue.预言这次对话可能有什么结果为时尚早。
  • The premature baby is doing well.那个早产的婴儿很健康。
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