Harmful Impact of Air Pollution
We take on average 20 000 breaths/day, inhaling over 11 000 l of air per day, or nearly 8 litres every minute. Imagine breathing this much polluted air.
Long-term exposure to air pollution has damaging effect on every organ and virtually every cell in the human body.
More than 9 out of 10 people in the world –live in the places where air pollution exceeds safe limits, according to research from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Globally, nearly 8.8 million people die prematurely due to air pollution, which is now the world’s largest single environmental health risk.
In one decade, the death rate from polluted air has almost doubled.
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Did you know 92% of people breathe unsafe air?Indoors, it’s even worse — air can be up to 100x more polluted than outside.
In the Middle East, the primary source of drinking water is desalinated seawater, which makes up nearly 90% of the supply, with the remainder drawn from limited groundwater reserves.
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