The groups most affected by air pollution are people of color, elderly residents, children with uncontrolled asthma, and people living in poverty. Vulnerable populations may experience more health effects because these populations already have higher rates of heart and lung conditions.

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Air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year. Ambient air pollution accounts for an estimated 4.2 million deaths per year due to stroke, heart disease, lung cancer, acute and chronic respiratory diseases. …

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Undoubtedly air pollution is the most devastating pollution type causing worldwide mortality. An estimated 7 million deaths every year are linked to ambient air pollution, mainly from heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung cancer, and respiratory infections, including pneumonia.

10 of the Most Polluted Places on Earth

• Kabwe, Zambia.
• La Oroya, Peru.
• Linfen, China.
• Mailuu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan.
• Norilsk, Russia.
• Sukinda, India.
• Sumgayit, Azerbaijan.
• Tianying, China.

Air pollution was linked to 6.5 million deaths in 2015, water pollution was linked to 1.8 million deaths and workplace pollution was linked to nearly one million deaths. But air pollution is also killing people in the United States. More than 155,000 U.S. deaths in 2015 were related to pollution, the researchers found.

Overall, air pollution causes the deaths of around 7 million people worldwide each year, and is the world’s largest single environmental health risk.

Summary: Researchers calculate that the effects of air pollution shorten the lives of people around the world by an average of almost three years. Polluted air is a public health hazard that cannot be evaded.

Nuclear energy waste is the most dangerous of these wastes, causing many health issues. Plastic waste, fast food, electronic packaging and microprocessors threaten human life. Waste is one of the most dangerous environmental threats around the globe.

Humans and wild animals face new challenges for survival because of climate change. More frequent and intense drought, storms, heat waves, rising sea levels, melting glaciers and warming oceans can directly harm animals, destroy the places they live, and wreak havoc on people’s livelihoods and communities.

The evidence is clear: the main cause of climate change is burning fossil fuels such as oil, gas, and coal. When burnt, fossil fuels release carbon dioxide into the air, causing the planet to heat up.

Global warming refers only to the Earth’s rising surface temperature, while climate change includes warming and the “side effects” of warming—like melting glaciers, heavier rainstorms, or more frequent drought. Said another way, global warming is one symptom of the much larger problem of human-caused climate change.