What is the effect of air pollution on human health and economy?

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Title - Effects of air pollution on human health
While the entire globe is becoming crowded and hotter, majority of the world lacks the
access towards efficient technologies and fuels. The health impacts of air pollution are very
serious since one third of the death within globe from lung cancer, stroke as well as disease of
heart are due to the reason of the air pollution. According to reaserches, the pollution in air is a
factor which is very hard to escape since it around every one (Kurt, Kar and Kent 138). It is to
note that the micro pollutants that are presented within the air zone tends to slip past in the
defenses of the body by penetrating deep within the circulatory and the respiratory system,
resulting in the damage of brain, lungs and heart. Nieuwenhuijsen explained how air pollution is
closely connected to climate change by stating the main driver of climate change which is the
combustion of fossil fuel that has been one of the major contribution towards the pollution of air.
UN Intergovernmental Panel on climate change raised the concern regarding the coal fired
electricity that must end by the year 2050, or else the entire globe will be definitely witness a
major crisis of climate in the upcoming 20 years.
Towards understanding the factors of the air pollution that effect human health, it is to
note that psychological and the physical wellbeing of the human being are impacted severely by
the category of the air pollution that the humans are exposed to, in their every day life. Some of
the organs and the functions of the body that are most likely to get harmed in the human body
includes cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, headaches, anxiety and fatigue (Giles, Luisa
and Michael 240). Besides these, irritation in the eyes, nose and throat followed by the damage at
the reproductive organs are some of the major sufferings of the effects of air pollution.
According to researches, some of the major causes of the air pollution includes emission from
several transport modes, production of industries, burning of the fossil fuels, use of the aerosol,