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e. Air pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances called pollutants in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials. [1] It is also the contamination of the indoor or outdoor environment either by chemical, physical, or biological ...
GAHP (Global Alliance on Health and Pollution) is a network of international and national level agencies committed to a collaborative, multi-sectoral approach to address the global pollution crisis and the resulting health and economic impacts. GAHP’s overall goal is to reduce death and illness caused by all forms of toxic pollution ...
The International Union of Air Pollution Prevention and Environmental Protection Associations ( IUAPPA) is an international federation of civil society organisations concerned with air pollution. IUAPPA, founded 1964 at the urging of the US Air Pollution Control Association, [1] has 40 national organisations from countries such as the United States ( Air and Waste Management Association ...
Air pollution can affect nearly every organ and system of the body, negatively affecting nature and humans alike. Air pollution is a particularly big problem in emerging and developing countries, where global environmental standards often cannot be met.
Air pollution caused around 135 million premature deaths worldwide in the past four decades, one of the most expansive studies to date has found, underlining the severity of the problem and ...
Jane Burston (born 1981) is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of the Clean Air Fund, a philanthropic foundation tackling global air pollution [1] that was launched at the UN Secretary General's Climate Summit in New York with $50m from 6 core funders. [2] Previously, Jane was the Head of Energy and the Environment at the National Physical Laboratory .
Pollution. The environmental effects of transport are significant because transport is a major user of energy, and burns most of the world's petroleum. This creates air pollution, including nitrous oxides and particulates, and is a significant contributor to global warming through emission of carbon dioxide. [2] [3] Within the transport sector ...
Global dimming is a decline in the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth's surface. [2] [3] It is caused by atmospheric particulate matter, predominantly sulfate aerosols, which are components of air pollution. [4] Global dimming was observed soon after the first systematic measurements of solar irradiance began in the 1950s.