Garbage at the dump in the Dandora slum of Nairobi, Kenya, on Nov. 12, 2015. [Photo|ctcnews.ca]
One out of four deaths in Kenya result from air pollution, a new study has revealed.
According to the report published in The Lancet journal, Kenya is one of the countries with high deaths resulting from air pollution.
The study also shows that Nairobi is among cities in the world with high levels of pollution.
Kenya ranks alongside China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Madagascar.
In 2015, the report notes, about 16 percent of all deaths worldwide were caused by pollution.
This is three times more deaths than those from HIV and AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.
It is also more than from all wars and other forms of violence.
Some of the pollutants cited in the report include chemicals and pesticides 'whose effects on human health can never be examined' but are repeatedly responsible for cases of disease, death and degradation of the environment.
The researchers noted that these cities in developing countries have economic activities that endanger the lives of millions.
"Cities, especially rapidly growing cities in industrializing countries, are severely affected by pollution. Cities contain 55 percent of the world's population and account for 85 percent of the global economic activity.
They concentrate people, energy consumption, construction activity, industry, and traffic on a historically unprecedented scale," the report says.