Air pollution and its health effects
Air pollution and its health effects
Assist prof. Dr. Mohammed Fadhil Abbood. Al-Kilani – Biology
eps.mohammed.fadel@uoanbar.edu.iq
Air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide each year. World Health Organization data shows that 9 out of 10 people breathe air that exceeds who guidelines and contains high levels of pollutants. Low and middle income countries have the highest exposure to air pollution, from urban smog to indoor smoking. Air pollution poses a major threat to health and the climate. The combined effects of ambient (outdoor) and indoor air pollution cause nearly seven million premature deaths each year, largely due to increased deaths from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and respiratory diseases. acute.
Air pollution is one of the issues that has become a concern for humans in all societies, especially since air is considered as essential to humans as water is, and it is even more important and necessary. The air was no longer that pure and pure that God had created on it, rather the hand of human beings extended to it, so the balance was disturbed and this delicate system was shaken. From various pollutants to the air without any controls or obstacles, and the atmosphere has become a landfill or gaseous waste dump. The person who breathes this polluted air is the one who created the problem, and he is the one who bears the responsibility for it, and he is the one who has negative effects on his health.
