Air pollution: the top risk factor of public health globally

Abstract

Pollution is unwanted, undesired, showcase in all sorts of ecosystems. Air pollution is a familiar environmental health hazard. The polluted air appears as a brown or brown-black haze setting over an area. Pollution may be seen as a bad change in physical, chemical, biological component of the biosphere. It affects life of all living organisms from small to huge or plant to animal. Hence, when nature gets affected by undesirable elements, we say it is polluted. From many different types of pollution, most important ones are pollution of air, water and land. This study focuses on air pollution and highlights the risk factor for humans’ health. Air Pollution is the result of unwanted amounts of suspended particulate matter (SPM)-checked for AQI and air pollutants like Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Oxides, Carbon Oxides, Ozone, volatile organic compounds, smog etc. produced and released in pure air through various activities performed in routine by Man in waywardness to prove himself a super creature.  Such pollution has led us in a pool of life-threatening diseases like cancer, T.B., Respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. The air pollution has become the second topmost level risk of life followed by tobacco generated diseases which are the first topmost health hazards. Besides strict execution of Acts and policies to control air pollution, there is continuous need of research and collaborations of various organizations to improve modeling of global air pollution and quantification of health hazards. There are suggestive measures like use of air filters, GRAP, Various government Policies and Acts that can help to curb this menace.