Global Air Quality Crisis: From Developing Countries to Major Cities.
TL;DR
While the US and Canada experienced dangerous smoke from wildfires this week, much of the world faces persistent air pollution that exceeds the World Health Organization's air-quality limits. Developing and newly industrialized nations suffer the most, with most of the 4.2 million deaths blamed on outdoor air pollution occurring in these countries in 2019. Air pollution has no boundaries, and it is high time everyone comes together to fight it, says Bhavreen Kandhari, co-founder of Warrior Moms in India.
Topics:worldenvironment#air-pollution#clean-air#developing-countries#environment#health#world-health-organization
- The US and Canada saw dangerous smoke this week. It's a routine peril for many developing countries The Associated Press
- What Happens When the Air Quality Index Surpasses 500? The New York Times
- How wildfire air pollution in U.S. compares to Beijing, Mexico City and more NPR
- Air horn: The toxic air hanging over NYC should be a wake-up call New York Daily News
- New York gets a New Delhi pollution haze – there goes the NRI dream The Indian Express
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