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Air pollution is known to cause heart disease, lung cancer, and respiratory diseases such as emphysema and is responsible for about seven million premature deaths every year.
This underlying health damage means long-standing air pollution in cities is likely to increase the death rate from respiratory infections, such as coronavirus.Environmental pollution is considered a major health risk factor for humans in the occurrence and progression of certain diseases such as lung cancer, retinopathy, asthma, low birth weight, fetal growth, and other physical, psychological and neurological complications.
Therefore, It is necessary to reduce pollution, lessen landfill waste, cut down on energy consumption, save habitats, conserve natural resources and slow down global warming.Climate change is likely to lead to major health impacts in India - rising malnutrition and related health problems such as child stunting - and the poor are most likely to be affected by climate change.
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