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NEWS
The Use of Natural Gas for Electricity in Israel Reduced Cardiovascular Deaths by 13%
By Y. Shain
The platform in the ocean that processes gas from the Tamar Field
The ones who are benefiting from the natural gas offshore oil discoveries are Israeli citizens themselves, and not only from the financial viewpoint: a new scientific study organized under American auspices vindicate the arguments of the importance of natural gas, when it has been proven that the derricks off our shores, focus points of heated controversy, are actually very beneficial. The study shows that since the transfer of power usage in electrical energy stations in Haifa, Tel Aviv and Ashdod from coal to natural gas, there has been a marked improvement in the health of surrounding civilian residential enclaves. Air pollution has been considerably reduced, alongside a fall in the incidence of heart disease in its various forms, as well as in actual death statistics.
The study determines scientifically that in the wake of the change in fuel usage, the percentage of deaths from cardiovascular disease due to air pollution has been reduced by 13.3% during the years 2000 - 2011. Those who have designed and carried out the research study, Dr. Lital Yanun Wolf and Professor George Thorston, which was done in the New York University School of Medicine and its findings published in the scientific publication, Environment International, define and attribute the decline as a clear-cut statistical fact.
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