{"id":3744,"date":"2016-08-28T08:45:36","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T00:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/?p=3744"},"modified":"2020-12-15T18:29:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T10:29:16","slug":"10-facts-about-air-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/10-facts-about-air-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Facts About Air Pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Air pollution can be confusing. As a topic, it’s often not well understood or well-reported about. That means separating fact from fiction can often be hard to do.<\/p>\n

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In some cases, it is difficult to distinguish research-backed facts and findings from common misconceptions<\/a>–misconceptions that sometimes even get repeated in the media<\/a>. To help clear the air, here’s Smart Air’s quick list of top 10 facts about air pollution.<\/p>\n

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10 Facts About Air Pollution<\/h2>\n
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    1. Air pollution is made up of chemicals, particulates, and biological materials<\/strong>. Common components include, but are not limited to: nitrogen, sulfur, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, dust, and ash.<\/li>\n
    2. Air pollution is caused\u00a0by both human and natural contributors<\/strong>. Industries, factories, vehicles, mining, agriculture, forest fires, volcanic eruptions, and wind erosion all cause air pollution.<\/li>\n
    3. According to the Global Burden of Disease report (2013<\/a>), air pollution contributes to more than 5.5 million premature deaths<\/strong> every year. Another report by the International Energy Agency<\/a> estimates the number to be 6.5 million deaths per year.<\/li>\n
    4. Children exposed to air pollution<\/strong> are likely to develop more slowly<\/a> and have lower cognitive ability.<\/span><\/li>\n
    5. Research has linked<\/a> air pollution to multiple diseases<\/strong>: high blood pressure<\/a>, heart attacks<\/a>, stroke<\/a>, acute lower respiratory infections, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, low birth weight, asthma, and cataracts.<\/li>\n
    6. According to the WHO<\/a>, 98% of cities<\/strong> in low- and middle-income countries with more than 100,000 inhabitants have unsafe levels of air pollution.<\/li>\n
    7. Of the top twenty\u00a0most<\/a> polluted cities in the world, 13 are in India and 3 are in China. Delhi\u00a0ranks as 11th most polluted, whereas Beijing ranks as 57th most polluted. Here’s a full ranking of India’s cities with worst air pollution<\/a>.<\/li>\n
    8. Over half of India’s population\u2014660 million <\/a>people\u2014live in areas with unsafe levels of air pollution.<\/li>\n
    9. On average<\/a>, Indians living in polluted areas will lose 3.2 years<\/strong> of their lives due to air pollution.<\/li>\n
    10. Pregnant women<\/strong> who live in\u00a0\u00a0high traffic areas have a\u00a022% higher risk<\/a> of having children with impaired lung function than those living in less polluted areas.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \"Hyderabad<\/p>\n

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      How To Protect Yourself<\/h2>\n

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      Smart Air is a certified B Corp<\/a><\/span> committed to combating the myths big companies use to artificially inflate the price of clean air. Smart Air provides\u00a0empirically backed<\/span>,\u00a0no-nonsense purifiers and masks<\/a><\/span>, helping to lower the cost of clean air. These three simple steps can dramatically reduce the amount of air pollution you breathe:<\/p>\n

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      1. Wear any one of these empirically backed, inexpensive masks<\/a> outdoors when PM2.5 is above 10 micrograms. Scientific studies have found that\u00a0masks have physiological benefits<\/a><\/span>.<\/li>\n
      2. Use any one of these empirically tested, inexpensive air purifiers<\/a> at home. Placebo-controlled studies of air purifiers have found that reducing particulate indoors\u00a0prevents harm to blood pressure<\/a><\/span>, inflammation, and immune response\u2014even among young,\u00a0healthy twenty-year-olds<\/a><\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        Air pollution can be confusing. As a topic, it’s often not well understood or well-reported about. That means separating fact from fiction can often be hard to do. In some cases, it is difficult to distinguish research-backed facts and findings from common misconceptions–misconceptions that sometimes even get repeated in the … <\/p>\n

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