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Learn how air pollution affects human health and the environment, and what NIEHS is doing to research and address this global threat. Find out the sources, types, and health impacts of air pollution, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory diseases, and more.
Learn about the causes, consequences and solutions of air pollution, a major public health threat that affects almost all people worldwide. Find WHO data, guidelines, tools and resources on air quality, climate and health.
Effect of Air Pollution on Health. The most common air pollutants are ground-level ozone and Particulates Matter (PM). Air pollution is distinguished into two main types: Outdoor pollution is the ambient air pollution. Indoor pollution is the pollution generated by household combustion of fuels.
Learn about the causes, effects, and solutions of air pollution, including smog, soot, and greenhouse gases. Find out how climate change worsens air quality and how to protect your health and...
What is the full extent of health effects from smoke exposure? Who is most at risk? Are there differences in health effects from different wildfire fuel types or combustion phases (burning versus flaming)? What strategies and approaches are most effective in protecting public health?
Air pollution causes various health outcomes, such as respiratory infections, heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer, and is the second leading cause of NCDs globally. WHO provides evidence, tools, and guidance to reduce air pollution and its impacts on health and the environment.
A World Bank study on health costs of PM 2·5 air pollution using GBD 2019 data showed that, in 2019, the global economic welfare losses attributable to household air pollution and ambient PM 2·5 air pollution amounted to 6·1% of global economic output. 54 The economic effects of air pollution are especially severe in regions of east Asia and ...
Air pollution remains one of the biggest and most immediate environmental threats to human health, leading to millions of premature deaths each year and the loss of millions more healthy years of life. It has been linked to a range of adverse health effects, including cardiovascular and respiratory disease, cancer, neurological effects, and birth outcomes.
Long-term health effects from air pollution include heart disease, lung cancer, and respiratory diseases such as emphysema. Air pollution can also cause long-term damage to people's nerves, brain, kidneys, liver, and other organs. Some scientists suspect air pollutants cause birth defects. Nearly 2.5 million people die worldwide each year from ...
Air pollution poses a persuasive threat to global health, demonstrating widespread detrimental effects on populations worldwide. Exposure to pollutants, notably particulate matter with a diameter ...