Air pollution is one of the greatest environmental threats to the public health globally. There are accounts for an estimated 7 million premature deaths from this every year. Both air pollution and climate change are closely linked as major pollutants have an impact on the climate, along with this, most of them share common sources with greenhouse gases. To improve air quality will bring many benefits.
With every breath tiny particles that can damage lungs, hearts, and brains, and cause a host of other health problems. While air pollution is a global it is disproportionately affecting those who live in developing nations. Particularly, the most vulnerable being women, children, and elderly.
Residential pollution, mostly resulting from cooking and heating using biomass, and generating electricity from fossil fuels for our homes, and transport, are the main human-made sources of fine particles globally. Another major source of air pollution is the windblown dust from portions of Africa and West Asia that are close to deserts. There are also natural sources that include volcanic eruptions, sea spray, soil dust, and lightning.
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