Air Pollution Interesting Facts

Hello brother myself Sohit can you provide me some interesting facts on air pollution, please provide it?

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Everyone on earth knows that air pollution is hazardous to health. The effects of air pollution can have devastating effects on your health and the environment.

Interesting Facts
An average American breathe 2 gallons of air per minute which means around 3400 gallons of air each day.

Inhaling air pollution takes away at least 1-2 years of a typical human life.

It has effects as small as burning eyes and itchy throat to as large as breathing problems and death.

Pollutants that are released into the air, as opposed to land and water pollutants, are the most harmful.

Rising levels of air pollution in Beijing has brought a new disease – Beijing cough.

Air pollution is not a recent occurrence. In 1952, the Great Smog of London killed 8000 people.

Deaths caused by air pollution cost the European Union €161 billion.

Electric vehicles produce less air pollutants. They stir up dirt but without producing gases.

Producing heavy crude oil increases chances of air pollution by 40% than producing light crude oil.

According to the Lancet journal, air pollution caused by waiting in traffic increases the chances of death caused due to heart attack.

Toxic air pollution poses a greater threat to children, due to their smaller physical size and lung capacity.

Air pollution and resulting deaths are increasing fastest in Asia.

Air pollution that causes smog affects dolphins and makes them suffer from black lung diseases.

70% of the air pollution caused in Chinese cities is due to tailpipes.

5,000 premature deaths in Southern California are caused due to pollution from diesel trucks.

Travels at Grand Canyon are unable to see the other side due to air pollution, is 1000 miles away.

The most hazardous pollutants are released from the air and less from the water and land together.

The best ways to reduce air pollution are by walking and riding bicycle.

A single bus caries passengers which are likely to drive 40 cars.

28% of the Americans believe they are most affected by air pollution caused by vehicles.