Explained: The effects of toxic air on people in cities around the world | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: The effects of toxic air on people in cities around the world | Explained News, The Indian Express

By Express News Service |New Delhi |Updated: April 15, 2019 7:59:05 am

Explained: The effects of toxic air on people in cities around the world

Choked: Life and Breath in the Age of Air Pollution is a chronicle of London-based American journalist Beth Gardiner's travels around the world, from Washington to London to Poland’s coal heartland to New Delhi.

Commuters, some wearing face masks to protect themselves from air pollution, in central Bangkok, Jan. 24, 2019. (The New York Times: Adam Dean)

The hazards of air pollution have been the subject of several studies, which have found it responsible for millions of deaths every year and linked it to strokes, heart attacks and various diseases.