Air Pollution
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that air pollution has become so acute that the simple act of breathing is killing 7 million people annually worldwide while also harming billions of others.
“The world has turned the corner on tobacco. Now it must do the same for the ‘new tobacco’ – the toxic air that billions breathe every day,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
The U.N. agency estimates that 91 percent of the world’s population now lives in areas with air pollution above WHO limits.
It says children and babies are the most vulnerable to the toxic effects of air pollution.
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