AIR POLLUTION, A CALL FOR CONCERN

After the day hustle, I jumped into a bike heading home... and to my amazement I saw thick fumes in the sky, and I began to wonder if this is another art work of "God"

I had to take a picture of it coz I loved the way it added some style and beauty to the sky.

Still heading home, as we drew closer and closer, I discovered that it was a fuel tanker which exploded! Gosh!

Air pollution, how can we curb these fumes in our environment, is air pollution preventable, what is it's effect to human health?

All these I shall be sharing with the steem community, it will be a series on air pollution, and how it also affect the human heart and it's remedy.

To start with, air pollution refers to the release of pollutant into the air that are detrimental to human health and the planet as a whole.

The effect of air pollution to human body are countless.

The instant effect of air pollution are hard to ignore. Watery eyes, coughing and difficult in breathing.

An estimated 92% of the world's population live in areas with dangerous levels of air pollution and, even at seemingly imperceptible levels, air pollution can increase one's risk cardiovascular and premature death.

Air pollution is as deadly as tobacco. In 2016, It was linked to the death of 6.1million people according to the University of Washington's Institute for health Metrics and evaluation.

Furthermore, exposure to high levels of air pollution during pregnancy has been linked to miscarriage as well as premature birth autism spectrum disorder and asthma in children.

Air pollution may also damage the brain in children's development and pneumonia which kills one million children under the age of five every year which is associated with air pollution.

TO BE CONTINUED
Pic: by aflame photo