Air pollution caused the premature deaths of 600,000 children in 2016, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report released Monday. The report found that a staggering 93 percent of people under 15 years old—some 1.8 billion children and teenagers—are breathing toxic air. WHO estimates that seven million people prematurely die from the combined effects of household air pollution and ambient air pollution every year, but children are far more vulnerable because their respiratory, nervous, cardiovascular, and immune systems are still in development.
These contaminants can be found in both indoor household air pollution (HAP) from building materials or fumes from cooking and heating, as well as outdoor ambient air pollution (AAP) by vehicles or industrial fossil fuel plants.
— source motherboard.vice.com | Oct 29 2018