Towards zero-pollution cities / Anu Ramaswami.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Ramaswami, Anu, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environment and Climate Change.

Local Subjects:

Environment and Climate Change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 pages)

Contained In:

Our Planet Vol. 2017, no. 4, p. 44-45 2017:4<44 15649016

Place of Publication:

New York : United Nations, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Air pollution is a global killer and predominantly an urban one. Worldwide, about 7 million premature deaths are associated with indoor and outdoor air pollution by fine particulate matter. Most occur in urban areas where a majority of people now live, breathing air that can cause asthma, respiratory infections, high blood pressure, heart and lung disease, and cancer. Diverse cities - rich, poor, small, large, developed and developing - are reporting airborne levels of these particles that exceed the World Health Organization's clean air guidelines: some of the most polluted air, and the heaviest toll on human lives, occur in Asia.

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