A UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)-backed report has warned that air pollution is increasingly impacting human health and is now the second leading global risk factor, after high blood pressure, for premature death.
The State of Global Air (SoGA) report, published in partnership with UNICEF, stated the global deadly and growing impact of air pollution.
The fifth edition of the report, released by the Health Effects Institute (HEI), revealed that air pollution caused 8.1 million deaths worldwide in 2021, and many millions are dealing with debilitating chronic diseases, leaving healthcare systems, economies, and societies.
