Decades of chronic coal pollution in Turkey have led to a large, unacceptable health burden. Source: © Bermek / Shutterstock.com
Coal pollution has killed 200,000 Turks since 1965
HEAL’s new analysis on “Chronic coal pollution Turkey: Cumulative health effects” highlights that the country’s decades-long dependency on coal power generation has led to unacceptably high health impacts and costs. Between 1965 and 2020, coal power generation in Turkey led to almost 200,000 premature deaths, 62 million lost working days, 11 million hospital admissions and other health impacts, with a cost of up to EUR 320 billion.
Source: HEAL “Chronic coal pollution Turkey: Cumulative health effects” January 2022 https://www.env-health.org/chronic-coal-turkey-cumulative/