Is smog harmful to health?

? "At present, there is no clinical research conclusion and relevant statistical data in China to prove the relationship between smog and benign and malignant tumors. It is still too early to draw conclusions about the health hazards of smog, especially the long-term effects on the body. " Mao Qun An, director of the Propaganda Department of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, said that the National Health and Family Planning Commission started the project of monitoring the health impact of air pollution population on 20 13. At present, the project has covered 3 1 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and 60 cities 125 monitoring points. From the monitoring situation, the concentration of air pollutants in major cities in northern China has recently decreased compared with 20 13, and the number of medical institutions has not changed significantly. Shi Xiaoming, director of the Environment Institute of China CDC, said that the monitoring data of Beijing at the end of February 20 16 showed that the harmful components in smog dropped significantly compared with the monitoring results of 20 13 years, and both nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide decreased. The monitoring also shows that with the increase of pollution concentration, the number of outpatient and emergency departments of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases has increased, but the increase rate is not very large.

The above information comes from Yang Guang. com。