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Radiology doctor examining a chest X-ray
MINISTERS must provide more support for people living in poverty with lung and heart conditions as freezing temperatures put them in greater risk, campaigners said today.
New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that 1.3 million people living in poverty in private rented homes suffer from a cardiovascular or respiratory condition.
People with such conditions are more likely to need hospital treatment and to die from the cold, with this risk increasing for people who are too poor to afford to keep warm.
Coal-fired stoves in traditional homes are the primary source of extreme levels of air pollution in over-crowded Ulaanbaatar. As more people become climate-displaced, the situation is likely to worsen, write SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
Run-down homes cited by Social Workers Union as danger factor for children