Topic Overview

Air pollution is a major environmental health problem affecting both developed and developing countries. Concern focuses not only on ambient air quality in cities but also on indoor air quality in the home and workplace. Levels of air pollution in Asian cities regularly exceed World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines with smoke, dust and particles double the world average. Pollutants emissions have direct and indirect effects (e.g. acidification, eutrophication, ground-level ozone) on air quality with a wide range of impacts on human health, ecosystems, agriculture and materials. ...read more