KATHMANDU UNDER A CLOUD

摘要

According to the World Health Organization,24 per cent of diseases and 23 per cent of all deaths-about 12.6 million a year-are linked to environmental risks such as polluted air,water and soil,chemical exposure,climate change and radiation.Nepal is no exception,with troubling levels of air pollution.Because it is a gateway to the peaks of the Himalayas,it can be difficult to imagine that Kathmandu is among the world's most polluted cities.But a recent investigation by Nepal Academy of Science and Technology(NAST)links 35,000 deaths a year there to air pollution.Photojournalist Marco Sacco decided to explore the links between Nepal's environmental pollution and health problems,especially in urban areas that suffer from both infected water and air pollution.