Effect Of Air Pollution On Human Health

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Breathing polluted air puts you at a higher risk
for asthma and other respiratory diseases. Ozone
and traffic pollutants can trigger an asthma
attack, there is also emerging evidence for onset
of asthma associated with exposure to pollution.
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Air pollutants are mostly carcinogens and living
in a polluted area can put people at risk of
Cancer. Cancer risk increases with exposure to
toxic air contaminants, such as benzene,
formaldehyde and diesel particulate matter.
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Brain requires a high amount of energy. Hence
there is a high demand for oxygen supply.
Decreased oxygen content in air leads to
inadequate energy supply to the brain. There is
also the risk of headaches, depression, anxiety,
etc.
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Being in pollution can cause irritation in the
throat, lungs, and eyes. For most healthy adults,
ill effects of being in pollution clear up as
soon as the air quality improves. Children,
elderly individuals, and people with asthma,
emphysema, angina, and other lung and/or heart
problems may feel the effects more acutely.
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Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy can
increase your risk of premature birth, stillbirth
and low birth weight. Stillbirth is when a baby
dies in the womb after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
While you work at minimizing the air pollution,
you may as well monitor the air quality around
you. Prkruti to make it easier. 
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