Air pollution is a common household term where most people are aware of its impact and on how polluted air has altered quality of life in most parts of the world. Interestingly, the term air pollution is applied when referring to ambient air alone. Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is usually assumed to be synonymous to
Pure Air Air is a mixture of various gases (Table 1.1). However, rapid industrialization, population explosion, high-scale combustion of fossil fuel, and several other factors has led to the intensification of air pollution, putting atmospheric balance into an erratic state. Table 1.1: Composition of air in percent by volume The composition of air in percent
The Air we Breathe today is polluted The air we breathe today is the most polluted in the history of mankind. It has taken the proportions of posing as the world’s largest single environmental health hazard as well. In 1990, the World Bank commissioned a study called the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD), that undertook
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