Air pollution: The invisible and silent killer

hafiz34 (66)in #health-status • 6 years ago (edited)

Air Pollution

Air Pollution is very deadly. It is a major environmental risk to our health. It is a national health emergency! It's effects on our health are severe; just they’re not immediately killing like Ebola/Dengue/H1N1 and thus not getting attention but It is a silent killer. Each year, globally approximately 7 million deaths are due to both outdoor and indoor air pollution, among theses over 2 million is in South East Asian region.

It is responsible for 36% of deaths from lung cancer , 34% of deaths from stroke and 27% of deaths from heart disease. According to WHO, air pollution causes 1 in 9 deaths worldwide. 9 out of 10 people worldwide breathe polluted air!

Who are at increased risk from air pollution?

Elderly people
Children under 5 years of age
Pregnant women
Peple suffering from respiratory diseases, especially from COPD
Cardiovascular patients

How air pollution impacts your body

Worldwide facts, statistics, news and research on air pollution:

Research in Taiwan has show a link between very high levels of Air Pollution and oral cancer guardian
Air pollution is damaging our brains as well as our lungs telegraph
Children are the least responsible for polluting the air, but the most vulnerable to its harmful effects unicef
Is air pollution making you dumb? wired
Air Pollution in the UK is a Killer. It Contributes to 40,000 Premature Deaths a year and costs the NHS £15 billion.Tweet

From which sources these air pollutants are coming from?

Different economic activities release different air pollutants into the atmosphere. In the following picture you will find the key emission sources per pollutant in Europe.
https://goo.gl/V1Dbcn