Did you know that billions of children are exposed to air pollution everyday? 1 in 7 kids are living in areas of toxic air. South Asia and Africa have millions of children that breathe in unhealthy air. The impact of air pollution around the world can kill children and "is commensurately shocking." Breathing in this air pollution is far more risky for children because their lungs, brains and immune systems are still growing. Also, children are more likely to have diseases like asthma, pneumonia and bronchitis.
According to a UNICEF report, more than 500,000 children are dying each year as a result of this air pollution. UNICEF said that they hope that their report will prompt the government to take action and help reduce air pollution. By doing this, it will help increase the opportunities for children to be able to have access to health care.
I think it is awful how air pollution is killing billions of children. I did not know that the building up of air pollution could result in children dying. I hope that children around the world are being helped and have access to heath care. We need to help reduce this toxic air so children can live healthy lives.
Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/air-pollution-children-unicef_us_581709cbe4b0990edc31f703
I had no idea that this was such a huge problem especially in those countries. I somehow imagined that their air was cleaner due to less factories and cars in South Asia and Africa.
ReplyDeletePeople should take pollution more seriously and it is the innocent and young lives that have to suffer through it.
ReplyDeleteIt seemed that a few years ago, air pollution was a heavily focused problem, but it seems like people have kind of forgotten about it. Hopefully more efforts will be taken to help reduce air pollution to prevent the problems it causes.
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