Air Pollution and Health Impact: A Review

Air Pollution and Health Impact: A Review

Author Name : Swatesh Gupta, Sadhana Chaurasia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56025/IJARESM.2022.1081663

ABSTRACT

Air is an essential element in human survival, and the fact that this air is pure is an exponential benefit to that survival.For the best quality of life, the air that we breath must be the purest as possible because air nourishes with oxygen the lungs, the blood and, consequently, the rest of the organs. Surprisingly, indoor air is five to ten times worse than outdoor air, according to several WHO studies, even in urban areas.Among the pollutants found inside homes, offices, restaurants and leisure facilities we can number: carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, sulphur dioxide, ozone, household chemicals (from hygiene to cosmetics), nitrogen oxides, radon and tobacco smoke. In addition to fungi, mould, viruses, bacteria or animal hair. All these air pollutants are harmful to health and can also cause allergies that affect the respiratory tract.