The UN Secretary General, António Guterres has said that An estimated nine out of ten people worldwide are exposed to air pollutants that exceed World Health Organisation air quality guidelines.
In a statement to mark the 2019 World Environment Day on Wednesday, states that all around the world, from megacities to small villages, people are breathing dirty air.
He said that this was lowering life expectancy and damaging economies across the planet.
Guterres noted that to improve air quality, countries must know her enemy, with deaths and illnesses from air pollution causing tiny particles that penetrate defences every time filling the lungs.
According to him, these particles come from many sources: the burning of fossil fuels for power and transport; the chemicals and mining industries; the open burning of waste; the burning of forests and fields.
According to the World Bank, air pollution costs societies more than 5 trillion dollars every year.
