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Air pollution leads people to be exposed to fine particles in polluted air that penetrate deep into the lungs and cardiovascular system, causing diseases including stroke, heart disease, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and respiratory infections. Industry, transportation, coal power plants and household solid fuel usage are major contributors to air pollution. Air pollution continues...
OverviewOutdoor air pollution is a major environmental health problem affecting everyone in low-, middle-, and high-income countries.Ambient (outdoor) air pollution in both cities and rural areas was estimated to cause 4.2 million premature deaths worldwide per year in 2019; this mortality is due to exposure to fine particulate matter, which causes cardiovascular and respiratory disease, and cancers.WHO...
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What are the public health impacts of air pollution?Exposure to high levels of air pollution can cause various health outcomes. Therefore, the short—and long-term public health consequences of air pollution exposure should be carefully assessed, in particular the impacts of fine particles which penetrate deep into the lung passageways and pose a significant threat to public health. Increased health...
Soaring air pollution in India’s capital, New Delhi, has reached “hazardous” levels this week, causing state officials to limit movement and revive plans to stimulate artificial rain to clear toxic smog. Last week, authorities in the city ordered schools to shut down. Businesses and offices were also ordered to function at half-capacity from Monday. Monitors earlier in the week recorded a “severe...
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Residents, particularly the young, elderly and those with pre-existing health issues are left grappling with the severe impacts of this pollution on their lives and well-being.Delhi’s air pollution is among the most hazardous in the world, often climbing to levels that exceed permissible limits by many times. This air crisis is multifaceted in origin: the dense population, millions of vehicles,...
Air pollution is a familiar environmental health hazard. We know what we’re looking at when brown haze settles over a city, exhaust billows across a busy highway, or a plume rises from a smokestack. Some air pollution is not seen, but its pungent smell alerts you.It is a major threat to global health and prosperity. Air pollution, in all forms, is responsible for more than 6.5 million deaths each year...