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Air pollution is one of the world's largest health and environmental problems. It develops in two contexts: indoor (household) air pollution and outdoor air pollution. In this topic page, we look at the aggregate picture of air pollution – both indoor and outdoor.
28 Σεπ 2020 · These publications showed air pollution to be one of the major global causes of premature mortality and drew attention to the human health effects of pollutants at much smaller concentrations than had been implicated in the London smog of 1952.
7 Σεπ 2021 · Improving our air quality will bring health, development, and environmental benefits. The UNEP Pollution Action Note displays the global state of air pollution, major sources, the impact on human health, and national efforts to tackle this critical issue.
22 Ιουν 2023 · From killer smog to the Clean Air Act, the history of American air pollution, explained
31 Οκτ 2023 · How smog, soot, greenhouse gases, and other top air pollutants are affecting the planet—and your health.
Back then, smog was generated by coal-burning homes and factories spewing out a potentially lethal cocktail of ozone and oxides of carbon, sulphur and nitrogen. The Great Smog of London in 1952 killed over 4,000 people. Today, houses and factories have been replaced by traffic as the principal cause of smog.
If we want to reduce death rates from air pollution, there are two important elements to tackle: a decline in exposure to pollution and improving overall health conditions and healthcare across the world. Outdoor air pollution tends to rise with industrialization before falling
